#8CB437#8CB437

#8CB437 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.157 H 125.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB437
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 55)
HSL	hsl(79, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(79, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -31.72, 56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 64.83, 119.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.0913 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.157 125.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8262, 38.4934, 9.5777)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB437 #5F37B4

analogous

#B49D37 #8CB437 #4DB437

triadic

#8CB437 #378CB4 #B4378C

tetradic

#8CB437 #37B49D #5F37B4 #B4374D

square

#8CB437 #37B49D #5F37B4 #B4374D

split-complementary

#8CB437 #374DB4 #9D37B4

monochromatic

#43561A #688529 #8CB437 #A9CD5B #C1DB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#8CB437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#8CB437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB437

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB437	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)

#BEA823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AC9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.157 125.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ca75',
    500: '#8cb437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb437;
$custom-light: #b1ca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.2,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71664,
    "c": 0.15675,
    "h": 125.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB437

secondary

#9781C6

accent

#4BDD7A

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB437

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →