#8CB236#8CB236

#8CB236 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.155 H 125.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB236
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 54)
HSL	hsl(78, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(78, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 69.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -30.84, 56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 64.21, 118.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.0889 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.155 125)
XYZ	xyz(27.4017, 37.6823, 9.3191)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB236 #5C36B2

analogous

#B29A36 #8CB236 #4EB236

triadic

#8CB236 #368CB2 #B2368C

tetradic

#8CB236 #36B29A #5C36B2 #B2364E

square

#8CB236 #36B29A #5C36B2 #B2364E

split-complementary

#8CB236 #364EB2 #9A36B2

monochromatic

#42541A #678328 #8CB236 #A9CD59 #C1DB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8CB236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#8CB236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB236

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB236	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92A999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.155 125.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c974',
    500: '#8cb236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb236;
$custom-light: #b1c974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.387,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71179,
    "c": 0.15492,
    "h": 125
  },
  "luminance": 0.37683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB236

secondary

#947FC5

accent

#4BDD78

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB236

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

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