#8CB455#8CB455

#8CB455 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.132 H 128.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB455
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 85)
HSL	hsl(85, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(85, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 52.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -29.17, 43.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 52.50, 123.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.0816 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.132 128.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7760, 38.8733, 14.5798)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB455 #7D55B4

analogous

#B4AD55 #8CB455 #5DB455

triadic

#8CB455 #558CB4 #B4558C

tetradic

#8CB455 #55B4AD #7D55B4 #B4555D

square

#8CB455 #55B4AD #7D55B4 #B4555D

split-complementary

#8CB455 #555DB4 #AD55B4

monochromatic

#4C632C #6C8D3E #8CB455 #A9C77F #C5D9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8CB455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#8CB455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB455

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB455	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.132 128.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ca87',
    500: '#8cb455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb455;
$custom-light: #b0ca87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.263,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71977,
    "c": 0.13177,
    "h": 128.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB455

secondary

#AF9EC7

accent

#59CF8B

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB455

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

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