#8CB265#8CB265

#8CB265 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.112 H 130.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB265
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 101)
HSL	hsl(90, 33%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(90, 43%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 43.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -26.35, 35.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 43.96, 126.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0726 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.112 130.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0842, 38.3553, 18.1804)
Luminance	0.3836 (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

#8CB265 #8B65B2

analogous

#B2B165 #8CB265 #66B265

triadic

#8CB265 #658CB2 #B2658C

tetradic

#8CB265 #65B2B1 #8B65B2 #B26566

square

#8CB265 #65B2B1 #8B65B2 #B26566

split-complementary

#8CB265 #6566B2 #B165B2

monochromatic

#4F6834 #6D9149 #8CB265 #AAC68E #C9DBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8CB265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#8CB265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB265

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB265	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A85F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EAC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.112 130.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc992',
    500: '#8cb265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb265;
$custom-light: #afc992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.61,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71739,
    "c": 0.11231,
    "h": 130.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB265

secondary

#B9A9CA

accent

#5EC993

background

#FAFCF9

surface

#F5F8F1

border

#CFD1CB

text

#10130D

muted

#7F827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB265

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

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