#8CB178#8CB178

#8CB178 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.089 H 135.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB178
RGB	rgb(140, 177, 120)
HSL	hsl(99, 27%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(99, 32%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 0%, 32.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -23.19, 25.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 34.25, 132.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0631 0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.089 135)
XYZ	xyz(29.9268, 38.3751, 23.5961)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB178 #9D78B1

analogous

#A9B178 #8CB178 #78B180

triadic

#8CB178 #788CB1 #B1788C

tetradic

#8CB178 #78A9B1 #9D78B1 #B18078

square

#8CB178 #78A9B1 #9D78B1 #B18078

split-complementary

#8CB178 #8078B1 #B178A9

monochromatic

#506F40 #6C9556 #8CB178 #ADC79F #CEDEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8CB178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#8CB178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB178

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB178	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A974

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A57B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 177, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.089 135.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec89f',
    500: '#8cb178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb178;
$custom-light: #aec89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.947,
    "s": 26.761,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71851,
    "c": 0.08929,
    "h": 135
  },
  "luminance": 0.38376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB178

secondary

#C6B7CE

accent

#65C3A2

background

#FAFCF9

surface

#F4F8F2

border

#CED1CC

text

#10130E

muted

#7F827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB178

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

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