#8CB172#8CB172

#8CB172 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.096 H 133.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB172
RGB	rgb(140, 177, 114)
HSL	hsl(95, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(95, 36%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 0%, 35.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -24.09, 28.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 37.14, 130.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.0657 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.096 133.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5740, 38.2340, 21.7381)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB172 #9772B1

analogous

#ACB172 #8CB172 #72B178

triadic

#8CB172 #728CB1 #B1728C

tetradic

#8CB172 #72ACB1 #9772B1 #B17872

square

#8CB172 #72ACB1 #9772B1 #B17872

split-complementary

#8CB172 #7872B1 #B172AC

monochromatic

#506D3C #6D9452 #8CB172 #ACC799 #CCDDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#8CB172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#8CB172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB172

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB172	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A86E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A575

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 177, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.096 133.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec89b',
    500: '#8cb172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb172;
$custom-light: #aec89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.238,
    "s": 28.767,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71734,
    "c": 0.0962,
    "h": 133.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB172

secondary

#C2B3CC

accent

#63C59C

background

#FAFCF9

surface

#F4F8F2

border

#CED1CC

text

#10130E

muted

#7F827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB172

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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