#8CB44E#8CB44E

#8CB44E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.138 H 127.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB44E
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 78)
HSL	hsl(84, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(84, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 56.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -29.87, 46.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 55.59, 122.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.0841 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.138 127.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5115, 38.7676, 13.1870)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB44E #764EB4

analogous

#B4A94E #8CB44E #59B44E

triadic

#8CB44E #4E8CB4 #B44E8C

tetradic

#8CB44E #4EB4A9 #764EB4 #B44E59

square

#8CB44E #4EB4A9 #764EB4 #B44E59

split-complementary

#8CB44E #4E59B4 #A94EB4

monochromatic

#4A5F28 #6B8A3B #8CB44E #A8C679 #C4D8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8CB44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#8CB44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB44E

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB44E	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)

#BCA944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.138 127.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ca83',
    500: '#8cb44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb44e;
$custom-light: #b0ca83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.529,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7189,
    "c": 0.13835,
    "h": 127.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB44E

secondary

#AA98C6

accent

#57D087

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB44E

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

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