#8CB351#8CB351

#8CB351 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.134 H 127.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB351
RGB	rgb(140, 179, 81)
HSL	hsl(84, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(84, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 54.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -29.10, 45.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 53.73, 122.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0817 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.134 127.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4204, 38.4093, 13.6994)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB351 #7851B3

analogous

#B3A951 #8CB351 #5BB351

triadic

#8CB351 #518CB3 #B3518C

tetradic

#8CB351 #51B3A9 #7851B3 #B3515B

square

#8CB351 #51B3A9 #7851B3 #B3515B

split-complementary

#8CB351 #515BB3 #A951B3

monochromatic

#4A602A #6B8A3C #8CB351 #A8C67C #C4D8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8CB351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#8CB351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB351

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB351	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 179, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.134 127.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ca85',
    500: '#8cb351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb351;
$custom-light: #b0ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.878,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71689,
    "c": 0.13419,
    "h": 127.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB351

secondary

#AB9AC6

accent

#59CF88

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB351

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

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