#8CB457#8CB457

#8CB457 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.130 H 128.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB457
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 87)
HSL	hsl(86, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(86, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 51.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -28.96, 42.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 51.60, 124.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.0808 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.13 128.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8566, 38.9056, 15.0042)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB457 #7F57B4

analogous

#B4AD57 #8CB457 #5EB457

triadic

#8CB457 #578CB4 #B4578C

tetradic

#8CB457 #57B4AD #7F57B4 #B4575E

square

#8CB457 #57B4AD #7F57B4 #B4575E

split-complementary

#8CB457 #575EB4 #AD57B4

monochromatic

#4C642D #6C8E40 #8CB457 #A9C781 #C6DAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8CB457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#8CB457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB457

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB457	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)

#BCA94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.130 128.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ca89',
    500: '#8cb457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb457;
$custom-light: #b0ca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.806,
    "s": 38.272,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72003,
    "c": 0.12982,
    "h": 128.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB457

secondary

#B19FC8

accent

#5ACE8C

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB457

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

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