#8CB256#8CB256

#8CB256 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.128 H 127.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB256
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(85, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(85, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 51.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -28.11, 42.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 50.93, 123.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.0785 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.128 127.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4152, 38.0877, 14.6569)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB256 #7C56B2

analogous

#B2AA56 #8CB256 #5EB256

triadic

#8CB256 #568CB2 #B2568C

tetradic

#8CB256 #56B2AA #7C56B2 #B2565E

square

#8CB256 #56B2AA #7C56B2 #B2565E

split-complementary

#8CB256 #565EB2 #AA56B2

monochromatic

#4B612C #6C8B3F #8CB256 #A9C580 #C5D8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#8CB256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#8CB256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB256

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB256	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA84E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.128 127.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc988',
    500: '#8cb256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb256;
$custom-light: #afc988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.783,
    "s": 37.398,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71517,
    "c": 0.12794,
    "h": 127.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB256

secondary

#AE9EC6

accent

#5ACD8A

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB256

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

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