#8CB44A#8CB44A

#8CB44A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.142 H 127.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB44A
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 74)
HSL	hsl(83, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(83, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 58.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -30.24, 48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 57.31, 121.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.0855 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.142 127)
XYZ	xyz(28.3725, 38.7119, 12.4546)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB44A #724AB4

analogous

#B4A74A #8CB44A #57B44A

triadic

#8CB44A #4A8CB4 #B44A8C

tetradic

#8CB44A #4AB4A7 #724AB4 #B44A57

square

#8CB44A #4AB4A7 #724AB4 #B44A57

split-complementary

#8CB44A #4A57B4 #A74AB4

monochromatic

#495D26 #6A8938 #8CB44A #A8C675 #C3D8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8CB44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#8CB44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB44A

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB44A	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)

#BDA93F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.142 127.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ca80',
    500: '#8cb44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb44a;
$custom-light: #b0ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.642,
    "s": 41.732,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71844,
    "c": 0.14193,
    "h": 127
  },
  "luminance": 0.38712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB44A

secondary

#A795C5

accent

#56D285

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB44A

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

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