#8CB436#8CB436

#8CB436 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.157 H 125.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB436
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 54)
HSL	hsl(79, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(79, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 70%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -31.78, 56.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 65.19, 119.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.0915 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.157 125.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8025, 38.4839, 9.4527)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB436 #5E36B4

analogous

#B49D36 #8CB436 #4DB436

triadic

#8CB436 #368CB4 #B4368C

tetradic

#8CB436 #36B49D #5E36B4 #B4364D

square

#8CB436 #36B49D #5E36B4 #B4364D

split-complementary

#8CB436 #364DB4 #9D36B4

monochromatic

#43561A #678528 #8CB436 #A9CD5A #C1DC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#8CB436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#8CB436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB436

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB436	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)

#BEA822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AB9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.157 125.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ca75',
    500: '#8cb436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb436;
$custom-light: #b1ca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.048,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71656,
    "c": 0.15743,
    "h": 125.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB436

secondary

#9680C6

accent

#4BDD79

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB436

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

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