#8CB459#8CB459

#8CB459 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.128 H 128.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB459
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 89)
HSL	hsl(86, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(86, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 50.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -28.74, 41.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 50.69, 124.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0801 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.128 128.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9394, 38.9387, 15.4405)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB459 #8159B4

analogous

#B4AF59 #8CB459 #5EB459

triadic

#8CB459 #598CB4 #B4598C

tetradic

#8CB459 #59B4AF #8159B4 #B4595E

square

#8CB459 #59B4AF #8159B4 #B4595E

split-complementary

#8CB459 #595EB4 #AF59B4

monochromatic

#4D652E #6D8F41 #8CB459 #A9C783 #C6DAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8CB459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#8CB459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB459

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB459	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FAD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.128 128.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afca8a',
    500: '#8cb459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb459;
$custom-light: #afca8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.374,
    "s": 37.759,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7203,
    "c": 0.12783,
    "h": 128.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB459

secondary

#B2A1C8

accent

#5ACE8D

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB459

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

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