#8CB338#8CB338

#8CB338 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.155 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB338
RGB	rgb(140, 179, 56)
HSL	hsl(79, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(79, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -31.18, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 63.97, 119.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.0897 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.155 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6493, 38.1008, 9.6381)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB338 #5F38B3

analogous

#B39C38 #8CB338 #4FB338

triadic

#8CB338 #388CB3 #B3388C

tetradic

#8CB338 #38B39C #5F38B3 #B3384F

square

#8CB338 #38B39C #5F38B3 #B3384F

split-complementary

#8CB338 #384FB3 #9C38B3

monochromatic

#43561B #688429 #8CB338 #A9CC5C #C1DB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#8CB338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#8CB338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB338

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB338	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)

#BDA725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AB9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 179, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.155 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ca76',
    500: '#8cb338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb338;
$custom-light: #b1ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.024,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71433,
    "c": 0.15481,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB338

secondary

#9782C5

accent

#4CDC7A

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB338

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

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