#8CB43B#8CB43B

#8CB43B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.154 H 125.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB43B
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 59)
HSL	hsl(80, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(80, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 67.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -31.45, 54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 63.35, 119.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.0902 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.154 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9260, 38.5334, 10.1032)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB43B #633BB4

analogous

#B4A03B #8CB43B #4FB43B

triadic

#8CB43B #3B8CB4 #B43B8C

tetradic

#8CB43B #3BB4A0 #633BB4 #B43B4F

square

#8CB43B #3BB4A0 #633BB4 #B43B4F

split-complementary

#8CB43B #3B4FB4 #A03BB4

monochromatic

#44581D #68862C #8CB43B #A8CB61 #C1DA8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#8CB43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#8CB43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB43B

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB43B	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA82A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AC9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.154 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ca77',
    500: '#8cb43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb43b;
$custom-light: #b1ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.835,
    "s": 50.628,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71697,
    "c": 0.15395,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB43B

secondary

#9B86C5

accent

#4EDA7C

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB43B

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

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