#8CB36A#8CB36A

#8CB36A is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.108 H 131.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB36A
RGB	rgb(140, 179, 106)
HSL	hsl(92, 32%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(92, 41%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 40.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -26.19, 33.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 42.18, 128.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0719 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.108 131.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5363, 38.8557, 19.5766)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB36A #916AB3

analogous

#B0B36A #8CB36A #6AB36C

triadic

#8CB36A #6A8CB3 #B36A8C

tetradic

#8CB36A #6AB0B3 #916AB3 #B36C6A

square

#8CB36A #6AB0B3 #916AB3 #B36C6A

split-complementary

#8CB36A #6C6AB3 #B36AB0

monochromatic

#4F6C37 #6D944C #8CB36A #ABC893 #CBDCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8CB36A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#8CB36A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB36A

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB36A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB36A	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A965

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A66E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb36a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 179, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.108 131.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afca95',
    500: '#8cb36a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb36a;
$custom-light: #afca95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb36a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.055,
    "s": 32.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72057,
    "c": 0.10836,
    "h": 131.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB36A

secondary

#BDADCC

accent

#5FC998

background

#FAFCF9

surface

#F5F8F2

border

#CFD1CC

text

#10130D

muted

#7F827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB36A

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

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