#8CB234#8CB234

#8CB234 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.156 H 124.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB234
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 52)
HSL	hsl(78, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(78, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 70.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -30.97, 57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 64.93, 118.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.0895 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.156 124.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3556, 37.6639, 9.0768)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB234 #5A34B2

analogous

#B29934 #8CB234 #4DB234

triadic

#8CB234 #348CB2 #B2348C

tetradic

#8CB234 #34B299 #5A34B2 #B2344D

square

#8CB234 #34B299 #5A34B2 #B2344D

split-complementary

#8CB234 #344DB2 #9934B2

monochromatic

#415318 #678326 #8CB234 #A9CE56 #C1DB85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8CB234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#8CB234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB234

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB234	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)

#BCA61F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92A999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.156 124.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c973',
    500: '#8cb234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb234;
$custom-light: #b1c973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.095,
    "s": 54.783,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71163,
    "c": 0.15625,
    "h": 124.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB234

secondary

#937DC5

accent

#4ADE76

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB234

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

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