#8CB23E#8CB23E

#8CB23E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.149 H 125.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB23E
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 62)
HSL	hsl(80, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(80, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 65.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -30.28, 53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 61.19, 119.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.0867 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.149 125.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6052, 37.7637, 10.3913)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB23E #643EB2

analogous

#B29E3E #8CB23E #52B23E

triadic

#8CB23E #3E8CB2 #B23E8C

tetradic

#8CB23E #3EB29E #643EB2 #B23E52

square

#8CB23E #3EB29E #643EB2 #B23E52

split-complementary

#8CB23E #3E52B2 #9E3EB2

monochromatic

#45571E #68852E #8CB23E #A8C964 #C2D992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8CB23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#8CB23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB23E

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB23E	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)

#BBA72F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AA9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.149 125.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c979',
    500: '#8cb23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb23e;
$custom-light: #b1c979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.655,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71247,
    "c": 0.14913,
    "h": 125.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB23E

secondary

#9C88C4

accent

#50D87C

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB23E

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

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