#8CB235#8CB235

#8CB235 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.156 H 125.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB235
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 53)
HSL	hsl(78, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(78, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 70.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, -30.90, 56.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 64.57, 118.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.0892 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.156 125)
XYZ	xyz(27.3784, 37.6730, 9.1967)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB235 #5B35B2

analogous

#B29935 #8CB235 #4DB235

triadic

#8CB235 #358CB2 #B2358C

tetradic

#8CB235 #35B299 #5B35B2 #B2354D

square

#8CB235 #35B299 #5B35B2 #B2354D

split-complementary

#8CB235 #354DB2 #9935B2

monochromatic

#425419 #678327 #8CB235 #A9CD57 #C1DB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8CB235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#8CB235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB235

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB235	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)

#BCA621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92A999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.156 125.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c974',
    500: '#8cb235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb235;
$custom-light: #b1c974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.24,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71171,
    "c": 0.15559,
    "h": 125
  },
  "luminance": 0.37673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB235

secondary

#947EC5

accent

#4ADD77

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB235

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

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