#8CB44B#8CB44B

#8CB44B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.141 H 127.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB44B
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 75)
HSL	hsl(83, 41%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(83, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 58.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -30.15, 48.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 56.88, 122.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0851 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.141 127.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4064, 38.7255, 12.6334)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB44B #734BB4

analogous

#B4A74B #8CB44B #58B44B

triadic

#8CB44B #4B8CB4 #B44B8C

tetradic

#8CB44B #4BB4A7 #734BB4 #B44B58

square

#8CB44B #4BB4A7 #734BB4 #B44B58

split-complementary

#8CB44B #4B58B4 #A74BB4

monochromatic

#495E27 #6A8939 #8CB44B #A8C676 #C3D8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8CB44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#8CB44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB44B

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB44B	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.141 127.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ca81',
    500: '#8cb44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb44b;
$custom-light: #b0ca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.857,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71855,
    "c": 0.14105,
    "h": 127.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB44B

secondary

#A896C5

accent

#57D185

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB44B

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

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