#8CB230#8CB230

#8CB230 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.159 H 124.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB230
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 48)
HSL	hsl(78, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(78, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 73%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -31.20, 58.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 66.31, 118.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0904 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.159 124.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2693, 37.6293, 8.6223)
Luminance	0.3763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB230 #5630B2

analogous

#B29730 #8CB230 #4BB230

triadic

#8CB230 #308CB2 #B2308C

tetradic

#8CB230 #30B297 #5630B2 #B2304B

square

#8CB230 #30B297 #5630B2 #B2304B

split-complementary

#8CB230 #304BB2 #9730B2

monochromatic

#405216 #668223 #8CB230 #AAD050 #C2DD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8CB230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#8CB230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB230

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB230	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA617

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93A999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.159 124.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c971',
    500: '#8cb230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb230;
$custom-light: #b1c971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.538,
    "s": 57.522,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71134,
    "c": 0.15877,
    "h": 124.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB230

secondary

#8F78C6

accent

#47E174

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB230

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

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