#8CB23B#8CB23B

#8CB23B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.151 H 125.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB23B
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 59)
HSL	hsl(79, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(79, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 66.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -30.50, 54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 62.35, 119.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% -0.0876 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.151 125.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5252, 37.7317, 9.9696)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB23B #613BB2

analogous

#B29D3B #8CB23B #51B23B

triadic

#8CB23B #3B8CB2 #B23B8C

tetradic

#8CB23B #3BB29D #613BB2 #B23B51

square

#8CB23B #3BB29D #613BB2 #B23B51

split-complementary

#8CB23B #3B51B2 #9D3BB2

monochromatic

#44561D #68842C #8CB23B #A8CA60 #C1DA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8CB23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#8CB23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB23B

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB23B	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA72A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AA9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.151 125.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c977',
    500: '#8cb23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb23b;
$custom-light: #b1c977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.16,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7122,
    "c": 0.15138,
    "h": 125.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB23B

secondary

#9985C4

accent

#4EDA7B

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB23B

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

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