#8CB438#8CB438

#8CB438 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.156 H 125.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB438
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(79, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(79, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -31.65, 56.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 64.46, 119.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.091 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.156 125.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8504, 38.5031, 9.7052)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB438 #6038B4

analogous

#B49E38 #8CB438 #4EB438

triadic

#8CB438 #388CB4 #B4388C

tetradic

#8CB438 #38B49E #6038B4 #B4384E

square

#8CB438 #38B49E #6038B4 #B4384E

split-complementary

#8CB438 #384EB4 #9E38B4

monochromatic

#43571B #688529 #8CB438 #A8CD5D #C1DB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#8CB438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#8CB438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB438

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB438	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)

#BEA825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AC9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.156 125.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ca76',
    500: '#8cb438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb438;
$custom-light: #b1ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.355,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71672,
    "c": 0.15607,
    "h": 125.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB438

secondary

#9882C5

accent

#4CDC7A

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB438

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

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