#8CB355#8CB355

#8CB355 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.130 H 128.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB355
RGB	rgb(140, 179, 85)
HSL	hsl(85, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(85, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 52.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -28.69, 43.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 51.94, 123.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0802 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.13 128)
XYZ	xyz(28.5748, 38.4711, 14.5128)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB355 #7C55B3

analogous

#B3AB55 #8CB355 #5DB355

triadic

#8CB355 #558CB3 #B3558C

tetradic

#8CB355 #55B3AB #7C55B3 #B3555D

square

#8CB355 #55B3AB #7C55B3 #B3555D

split-complementary

#8CB355 #555DB3 #AB55B3

monochromatic

#4B622C #6C8C3F #8CB355 #A9C67F #C5D9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8CB355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#8CB355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB355

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB355	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 179, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.130 128.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ca87',
    500: '#8cb355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb355;
$custom-light: #b0ca87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.894,
    "s": 38.211,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7174,
    "c": 0.13035,
    "h": 128
  },
  "luminance": 0.38472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB355

secondary

#AE9DC7

accent

#5ACE8A

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB355

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

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