#8CB361#8CB361

#8CB361 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.118 H 129.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB361
RGB	rgb(140, 179, 97)
HSL	hsl(89, 35%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(89, 46%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 45.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -27.33, 37.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 46.42, 126.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0756 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.118 129.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0926, 38.6782, 17.2398)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB361 #8861B3

analogous

#B3B161 #8CB361 #63B361

triadic

#8CB361 #618CB3 #B3618C

tetradic

#8CB361 #61B3B1 #8861B3 #B36163

square

#8CB361 #61B3B1 #8861B3 #B36163

split-complementary

#8CB361 #6163B3 #B161B3

monochromatic

#4E6832 #6D9146 #8CB361 #AAC78A #C8DBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8CB361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#8CB361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB361

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB361	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA95A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 179, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.118 129.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afca8f',
    500: '#8cb361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb361;
$custom-light: #afca8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.537,
    "s": 35.043,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71911,
    "c": 0.11812,
    "h": 129.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB361

secondary

#B7A6C9

accent

#5DCB91

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F5F8F0

border

#CFD1CB

text

#10130C

muted

#7F827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB361

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →