#8CB357#8CB357

#8CB357 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.128 H 128.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB357
RGB	rgb(140, 179, 87)
HSL	hsl(85, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(85, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 51.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -28.48, 42.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 51.04, 123.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0795 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.128 128.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.6554, 38.5033, 14.9371)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB357 #7E57B3

analogous

#B3AC57 #8CB357 #5EB357

triadic

#8CB357 #578CB3 #B3578C

tetradic

#8CB357 #57B3AC #7E57B3 #B3575E

square

#8CB357 #57B3AC #7E57B3 #B3575E

split-complementary

#8CB357 #575EB3 #AC57B3

monochromatic

#4C632D #6C8D40 #8CB357 #A9C681 #C6D9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#8CB357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#8CB357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB357

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB357	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 179, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.128 128.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afca89',
    500: '#8cb357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb357;
$custom-light: #afca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.435,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71767,
    "c": 0.12838,
    "h": 128.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB357

secondary

#B09FC7

accent

#5ACE8B

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB357

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

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