#8CB23C#8CB23C

#8CB23C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.151 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB23C
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 60)
HSL	hsl(79, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(79, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 66.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -30.43, 53.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 61.96, 119.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0873 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.151 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5514, 37.7422, 10.1075)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB23C #623CB2

analogous

#B29D3C #8CB23C #51B23C

triadic

#8CB23C #3C8CB2 #B23C8C

tetradic

#8CB23C #3CB29D #623CB2 #B23C51

square

#8CB23C #3CB29D #623CB2 #B23C51

split-complementary

#8CB23C #3C51B2 #9D3CB2

monochromatic

#44561D #68842D #8CB23C #A8CA61 #C1D98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8CB23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#8CB23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB23C

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB23C	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)

#BBA72C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AA9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.151 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c978',
    500: '#8cb23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb23c;
$custom-light: #b1c978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.322,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71229,
    "c": 0.15064,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB23C

secondary

#9A86C4

accent

#4FD97B

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB23C

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

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