#8CB233#8CB233

#8CB233 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.157 H 124.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB233
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 51)
HSL	hsl(78, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(78, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 71.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -31.03, 57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 65.28, 118.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.0897 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.157 124.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3334, 37.6550, 8.9594)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB233 #5933B2

analogous

#B29933 #8CB233 #4CB233

triadic

#8CB233 #338CB2 #B2338C

tetradic

#8CB233 #33B299 #5933B2 #B2334C

square

#8CB233 #33B299 #5933B2 #B2334C

split-complementary

#8CB233 #334CB2 #9933B2

monochromatic

#415318 #678225 #8CB233 #AACE54 #C1DC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8CB233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#8CB233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB233

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB233	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)

#BCA61D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92A999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.157 124.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c973',
    500: '#8cb233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb233;
$custom-light: #b1c973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.953,
    "s": 55.459,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71156,
    "c": 0.1569,
    "h": 124.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB233

secondary

#927CC5

accent

#49DF76

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB233

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

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