#8CB259#8CB259

#8CB259 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.125 H 128.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB259
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(86, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(86, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 50%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -27.78, 41.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 49.56, 124.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0774 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.125 128.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5386, 38.1370, 15.3069)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB259 #7F59B2

analogous

#B2AC59 #8CB259 #5FB259

triadic

#8CB259 #598CB2 #B2598C

tetradic

#8CB259 #59B2AC #7F59B2 #B2595F

square

#8CB259 #59B2AC #7F59B2 #B2595F

split-complementary

#8CB259 #595FB2 #AC59B2

monochromatic

#4C632E #6C8D41 #8CB259 #A9C583 #C6D9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#8CB259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#8CB259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB259

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB259	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.125 128.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc98a',
    500: '#8cb259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb259;
$custom-light: #afc98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.618,
    "s": 36.626,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71558,
    "c": 0.12493,
    "h": 128.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB259

secondary

#B1A0C7

accent

#5BCD8C

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F5F8F0

border

#CFD1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB259

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

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