#8CB240#8CB240

#8CB240 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.148 H 125.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB240
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(80, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(80, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -30.13, 52.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 60.39, 119.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.0861 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.148 125.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6611, 37.7861, 10.6856)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB240 #6640B2

analogous

#B29F40 #8CB240 #53B240

triadic

#8CB240 #408CB2 #B2408C

tetradic

#8CB240 #40B29F #6640B2 #B24053

square

#8CB240 #40B29F #6640B2 #B24053

split-complementary

#8CB240 #4053B2 #9F40B2

monochromatic

#455820 #698530 #8CB240 #A8C867 #C2D894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#8CB240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#8CB240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB240

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB240	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AA9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.148 125.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c97a',
    500: '#8cb240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb240;
$custom-light: #b0c97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71265,
    "c": 0.14758,
    "h": 125.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB240

secondary

#9D8AC4

accent

#51D77E

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB240

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

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