#8CB255#8CB255

#8CB255 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.129 H 127.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB255
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(85, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(85, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 52.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -28.21, 42.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 51.39, 123.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.0789 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.129 127.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3752, 38.0717, 14.4462)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB255 #7B55B2

analogous

#B2AA55 #8CB255 #5EB255

triadic

#8CB255 #558CB2 #B2558C

tetradic

#8CB255 #55B2AA #7B55B2 #B2555E

square

#8CB255 #55B2AA #7B55B2 #B2555E

split-complementary

#8CB255 #555EB2 #AA55B2

monochromatic

#4B612C #6C8B3F #8CB255 #A8C57F #C5D8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#8CB255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#8CB255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB255

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB255	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.129 127.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c987',
    500: '#8cb255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb255;
$custom-light: #b0c987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.516,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71504,
    "c": 0.12892,
    "h": 127.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB255

secondary

#AE9DC6

accent

#5ACE89

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB255

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

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