#8CB44C#8CB44C

#8CB44C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.140 H 127.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB44C
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 76)
HSL	hsl(83, 41%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(83, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 57.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -30.06, 47.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 56.45, 122.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.0848 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.14 127.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4409, 38.7393, 12.8151)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB44C #744CB4

analogous

#B4A84C #8CB44C #58B44C

triadic

#8CB44C #4C8CB4 #B44C8C

tetradic

#8CB44C #4CB4A8 #744CB4 #B44C58

square

#8CB44C #4CB4A8 #744CB4 #B44C58

split-complementary

#8CB44C #4C58B4 #A84CB4

monochromatic

#495E27 #6B893A #8CB44C #A8C677 #C3D8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8CB44C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#8CB44C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB44C

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB44C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB44C	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)

#BCA941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb44c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.140 127.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ca82',
    500: '#8cb44c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb44c;
$custom-light: #b0ca82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb44c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.077,
    "s": 40.945,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71867,
    "c": 0.14016,
    "h": 127.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB44C

secondary

#A997C5

accent

#57D186

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB44C

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

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