#8CB23A#8CB23A

#8CB23A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.152 H 125.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB23A
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 58)
HSL	hsl(79, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(79, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 67.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -30.57, 54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 62.73, 119.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.0878 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.152 125.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4995, 37.7214, 9.8343)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB23A #603AB2

analogous

#B29C3A #8CB23A #50B23A

triadic

#8CB23A #3A8CB2 #B23A8C

tetradic

#8CB23A #3AB29C #603AB2 #B23A50

square

#8CB23A #3AB29C #603AB2 #B23A50

split-complementary

#8CB23A #3A50B2 #9C3AB2

monochromatic

#43561C #68842B #8CB23A #A8CB5F #C1DA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8CB23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#8CB23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB23A

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB23A	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)

#BBA729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AA9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.152 125.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c977',
    500: '#8cb23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb23a;
$custom-light: #b1c977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71211,
    "c": 0.15211,
    "h": 125.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB23A

secondary

#9883C4

accent

#4DDA7A

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB23A

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

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