#8CB45B#8CB45B

#8CB45B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.126 H 129.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB45B
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 91)
HSL	hsl(87, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(87, 49%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 49.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -28.52, 40.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 49.78, 124.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0793 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.126 129.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0245, 38.9728, 15.8888)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB45B #835BB4

analogous

#B4AF5B #8CB45B #60B45B

triadic

#8CB45B #5B8CB4 #B45B8C

tetradic

#8CB45B #5BB4AF #835BB4 #B45B60

square

#8CB45B #5BB4AF #835BB4 #B45B60

split-complementary

#8CB45B #5B60B4 #AF5BB4

monochromatic

#4D662F #6D9042 #8CB45B #A9C785 #C7DAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8CB45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#8CB45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB45B

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB45B	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)

#BBA953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FAD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.126 129.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afca8b',
    500: '#8cb45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb45b;
$custom-light: #afca8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.966,
    "s": 37.238,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72058,
    "c": 0.12581,
    "h": 129.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB45B

secondary

#B3A2C9

accent

#5BCD8E

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F5F8F0

border

#CFD1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB45B

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

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