#8CB340#8CB340

#8CB340 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.149 H 125.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB340
RGB	rgb(140, 179, 64)
HSL	hsl(80, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(80, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -30.61, 52.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 60.90, 120.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.0874 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.149 125.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8608, 38.1854, 10.7522)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB340 #6740B3

analogous

#B3A140 #8CB340 #52B340

triadic

#8CB340 #408CB3 #B3408C

tetradic

#8CB340 #40B3A1 #6740B3 #B34052

square

#8CB340 #40B3A1 #6740B3 #B34052

split-complementary

#8CB340 #4052B3 #A140B3

monochromatic

#455920 #698630 #8CB340 #A8C967 #C2D994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#8CB340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#8CB340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB340

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB340	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AB9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 179, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.149 125.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ca7a',
    500: '#8cb340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb340;
$custom-light: #b0ca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.348,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71503,
    "c": 0.14889,
    "h": 125.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB340

secondary

#9E8AC4

accent

#51D77E

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB340

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

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