#8CB45D#8CB45D

#8CB45D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.124 H 129.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB45D
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 93)
HSL	hsl(88, 37%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(88, 48%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 48.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -28.29, 39.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 48.86, 125.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.0785 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.124 129.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1120, 39.0077, 16.3493)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB45D #855DB4

analogous

#B4B05D #8CB45D #60B45D

triadic

#8CB45D #5D8CB4 #B45D8C

tetradic

#8CB45D #5DB4B0 #855DB4 #B45D60

square

#8CB45D #5DB4B0 #855DB4 #B45D60

split-complementary

#8CB45D #5D60B4 #B05DB4

monochromatic

#4E6730 #6D9143 #8CB45D #AAC787 #C7DBB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8CB45D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#8CB45D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB45D

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB45D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB45D	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAA56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb45d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.124 129.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afca8d',
    500: '#8cb45d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb45d;
$custom-light: #afca8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb45d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.586,
    "s": 36.709,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72087,
    "c": 0.12377,
    "h": 129.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB45D

secondary

#B5A4C9

accent

#5BCD8F

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F5F8F0

border

#CFD1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB45D

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

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