#8CB366#8CB366

#8CB366 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.113 H 130.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB366
RGB	rgb(140, 179, 102)
HSL	hsl(90, 34%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(90, 43%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 43%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -26.71, 35.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 44.07, 127.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.0735 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.113 130.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3332, 38.7744, 18.5066)
Luminance	0.3877 (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

#8CB366 #8D66B3

analogous

#B2B366 #8CB366 #66B367

triadic

#8CB366 #668CB3 #B3668C

tetradic

#8CB366 #66B2B3 #8D66B3 #B36766

square

#8CB366 #66B2B3 #8D66B3 #B36766

split-complementary

#8CB366 #6766B3 #B366B2

monochromatic

#4F6A35 #6D9349 #8CB366 #ABC78F #C9DCB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8CB366 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#8CB366 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB366

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB366	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB366	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A66A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb366;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 179, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.113 130.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afca93',
    500: '#8cb366',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb366;
$custom-light: #afca93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb366",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.39,
    "s": 33.624,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7199,
    "c": 0.11275,
    "h": 130.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB366

secondary

#BBAACB

accent

#5ECA95

background

#FAFCF9

surface

#F5F8F1

border

#CFD1CB

text

#10130D

muted

#7F827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB366

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

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