#8CB449#8CB449

#8CB449 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.143 H 126.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB449
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 73)
HSL	hsl(82, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(82, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -30.33, 49.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 57.73, 121.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.0858 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.143 126.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3390, 38.6986, 12.2786)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB449 #7149B4

analogous

#B4A749 #8CB449 #57B449

triadic

#8CB449 #498CB4 #B4498C

tetradic

#8CB449 #49B4A7 #7149B4 #B44957

square

#8CB449 #49B4A7 #7149B4 #B44957

split-complementary

#8CB449 #4957B4 #A749B4

monochromatic

#485D26 #6A8837 #8CB449 #A8C774 #C3D89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8CB449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#8CB449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB449

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB449	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.143 126.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ca80',
    500: '#8cb449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb449;
$custom-light: #b0ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.43,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71833,
    "c": 0.1428,
    "h": 126.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB449

secondary

#A694C5

accent

#56D284

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB449

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

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