#8CB451#8CB451

#8CB451 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.136 H 127.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB451
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(84, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(84, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 55%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -29.58, 45.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 54.28, 123.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.083 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.136 127.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6216, 38.8116, 13.7664)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB451 #7951B4

analogous

#B4AA51 #8CB451 #5AB451

triadic

#8CB451 #518CB4 #B4518C

tetradic

#8CB451 #51B4AA #7951B4 #B4515A

square

#8CB451 #51B4AA #7951B4 #B4515A

split-complementary

#8CB451 #515AB4 #AA51B4

monochromatic

#4B612A #6C8C3C #8CB451 #A8C67C #C5D9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8CB451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#8CB451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB451

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB451	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.136 127.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ca85',
    500: '#8cb451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb451;
$custom-light: #b0ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.242,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71926,
    "c": 0.13558,
    "h": 127.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB451

secondary

#AC9BC6

accent

#58D088

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB451

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

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