#8CB36D#8CB36D

#8CB36D is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.105 H 132.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB36D
RGB	rgb(140, 179, 109)
HSL	hsl(93, 32%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(93, 39%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 39.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -25.78, 31.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 40.75, 129.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0706 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.105 132.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6951, 38.9191, 20.4127)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB36D #946DB3

analogous

#AFB36D #8CB36D #6DB371

triadic

#8CB36D #6D8CB3 #B36D8C

tetradic

#8CB36D #6DAFB3 #946DB3 #B3716D

square

#8CB36D #6DAFB3 #946DB3 #B3716D

split-complementary

#8CB36D #716DB3 #B36DAF

monochromatic

#506D39 #6D954E #8CB36D #ACC895 #CBDDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8CB36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#8CB36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB36D

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB36D	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AA68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DAEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 179, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.105 132.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afca97',
    500: '#8cb36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb36d;
$custom-light: #afca97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.429,
    "s": 31.532,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72109,
    "c": 0.10502,
    "h": 132.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB36D

secondary

#C0B0CC

accent

#60C89A

background

#FAFCF9

surface

#F4F8F2

border

#CED1CC

text

#10130D

muted

#7F827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB36D

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

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