#8CB23D#8CB23D

#8CB23D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.150 H 125.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB23D
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 61)
HSL	hsl(79, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(79, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 65.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, -30.36, 53.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 61.58, 119.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.087 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.15 125.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5780, 37.7528, 10.2481)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB23D #633DB2

analogous

#B29E3D #8CB23D #52B23D

triadic

#8CB23D #3D8CB2 #B23D8C

tetradic

#8CB23D #3DB29E #633DB2 #B23D52

square

#8CB23D #3DB29E #633DB2 #B23D52

split-complementary

#8CB23D #3D52B2 #9E3DB2

monochromatic

#44571E #68842D #8CB23D #A8C963 #C1D990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8CB23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#8CB23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB23D

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB23D	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)

#BBA72D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AA9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.150 125.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c978',
    500: '#8cb23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb23d;
$custom-light: #b1c978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.487,
    "s": 48.954,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71238,
    "c": 0.1499,
    "h": 125.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB23D

secondary

#9B87C4

accent

#4FD97C

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB23D

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

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