#8CB456#8CB456

#8CB456 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.131 H 128.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB456
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 86)
HSL	hsl(86, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(86, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 52.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -29.07, 43.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 52.05, 123.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.0812 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.131 128.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8160, 38.8893, 14.7905)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB456 #7E56B4

analogous

#B4AD56 #8CB456 #5DB456

triadic

#8CB456 #568CB4 #B4568C

tetradic

#8CB456 #56B4AD #7E56B4 #B4565D

square

#8CB456 #56B4AD #7E56B4 #B4565D

split-complementary

#8CB456 #565DB4 #AD56B4

monochromatic

#4C632C #6C8E3F #8CB456 #A9C780 #C6DAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8CB456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#8CB456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB456

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB456	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.131 128.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ca88',
    500: '#8cb456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb456;
$custom-light: #b0ca88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.532,
    "s": 38.525,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7199,
    "c": 0.13079,
    "h": 128.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB456

secondary

#B09EC7

accent

#59CE8B

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB456

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

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