#8CB237#8CB237

#8CB237 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.154 H 125.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB237
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 55)
HSL	hsl(79, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(79, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 69.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -30.77, 55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 63.85, 118.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.0887 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.154 125.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4254, 37.6918, 9.4441)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB237 #5D37B2

analogous

#B29B37 #8CB237 #4EB237

triadic

#8CB237 #378CB2 #B2378C

tetradic

#8CB237 #37B29B #5D37B2 #B2374E

square

#8CB237 #37B29B #5D37B2 #B2374E

split-complementary

#8CB237 #374EB2 #9B37B2

monochromatic

#42541A #678329 #8CB237 #A9CC5A #C1DB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8CB237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#8CB237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB237

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB237	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)

#BCA624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AA99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.154 125.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c975',
    500: '#8cb237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb237;
$custom-light: #b1c975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.537,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71187,
    "c": 0.15423,
    "h": 125.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB237

secondary

#9580C5

accent

#4CDC78

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB237

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

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