#8CB336#8CB336

#8CB336 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.156 H 125.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB336
RGB	rgb(140, 179, 54)
HSL	hsl(79, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(79, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -31.31, 56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 64.70, 118.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.0902 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.156 125.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6013, 38.0817, 9.3857)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB336 #5D36B3

analogous

#B39B36 #8CB336 #4DB336

triadic

#8CB336 #368CB3 #B3368C

tetradic

#8CB336 #36B39B #5D36B3 #B3364D

square

#8CB336 #36B39B #5D36B3 #B3364D

split-complementary

#8CB336 #364DB3 #9B36B3

monochromatic

#42551A #678428 #8CB336 #A9CD59 #C1DB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#8CB336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#8CB336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB336

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB336	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)

#BDA722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AA9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 179, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.156 125.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ca75',
    500: '#8cb336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb336;
$custom-light: #b1ca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.72,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71417,
    "c": 0.15617,
    "h": 125.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB336

secondary

#9580C5

accent

#4BDD78

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB336

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

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