#8CB238#8CB238

#8CB238 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.154 H 125.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB238
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(79, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(79, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, -30.71, 55.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 63.48, 118.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.0884 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.154 125.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4496, 37.7014, 9.5716)
Luminance	0.3770 (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

#8CB238 #5E38B2

analogous

#B29B38 #8CB238 #4FB238

triadic

#8CB238 #388CB2 #B2388C

tetradic

#8CB238 #38B29B #5E38B2 #B2384F

square

#8CB238 #38B29B #5E38B2 #B2384F

split-complementary

#8CB238 #384FB2 #9B38B2

monochromatic

#43551B #678329 #8CB238 #A9CC5C #C1DA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8CB238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#8CB238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB238

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB238	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)

#BCA726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AA9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.154 125.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c976',
    500: '#8cb238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb238;
$custom-light: #b1c976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.689,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71195,
    "c": 0.15353,
    "h": 125.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB238

secondary

#9681C5

accent

#4CDC79

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB238

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

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