#8CB249#8CB249

#8CB249 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.140 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB249
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(82, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(82, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -29.38, 48.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 56.67, 121.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.0832 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.14 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9382, 37.8969, 12.1450)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB249 #6F49B2

analogous

#B2A449 #8CB249 #58B249

triadic

#8CB249 #498CB2 #B2498C

tetradic

#8CB249 #49B2A4 #6F49B2 #B24958

square

#8CB249 #49B2A4 #6F49B2 #B24958

split-complementary

#8CB249 #4958B2 #A449B2

monochromatic

#485B25 #6A8737 #8CB249 #A8C573 #C3D79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#8CB249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#8CB249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB249

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB249	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91AA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.140 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c980',
    500: '#8cb249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb249;
$custom-light: #b0c980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.714,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71358,
    "c": 0.14009,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB249

secondary

#A593C4

accent

#56D283

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB249

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

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