#8CB261#8CB261

#8CB261 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.117 H 129.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB261
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(88, 34%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(88, 46%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 45.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -26.85, 37.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 45.84, 125.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.0742 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.117 129.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8929, 38.2788, 17.1733)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB261 #8761B2

analogous

#B2B061 #8CB261 #64B261

triadic

#8CB261 #618CB2 #B2618C

tetradic

#8CB261 #61B2B0 #8761B2 #B26164

square

#8CB261 #61B2B0 #8761B2 #B26164

split-complementary

#8CB261 #6164B2 #B061B2

monochromatic

#4E6732 #6D9046 #8CB261 #AAC68A #C8DAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#8CB261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#8CB261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB261

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB261	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A85A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A566

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FAC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.117 129.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc98f',
    500: '#8cb261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb261;
$custom-light: #afc98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.148,
    "s": 34.468,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71676,
    "c": 0.11662,
    "h": 129.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB261

secondary

#B6A6C9

accent

#5DCB91

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F5F8F0

border

#CFD1CB

text

#10130C

muted

#7F827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB261

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

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