#8CB45E#8CB45E

#8CB45E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.123 H 129.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB45E
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 94)
HSL	hsl(88, 36%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(88, 48%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 47.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -28.18, 39.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 48.39, 125.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0781 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.123 129.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1565, 39.0256, 16.5841)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB45E #865EB4

analogous

#B4B15E #8CB45E #61B45E

triadic

#8CB45E #5E8CB4 #B45E8C

tetradic

#8CB45E #5EB4B1 #865EB4 #B45E61

square

#8CB45E #5EB4B1 #865EB4 #B45E61

split-complementary

#8CB45E #5E61B4 #B15EB4

monochromatic

#4E6730 #6D9144 #8CB45E #AAC788 #C8DBB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#8CB45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#8CB45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB45E

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB45E	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAA57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.123 129.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afca8d',
    500: '#8cb45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb45e;
$custom-light: #afca8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.907,
    "s": 36.441,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72102,
    "c": 0.12274,
    "h": 129.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB45E

secondary

#B6A5C9

accent

#5BCC90

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F5F8F0

border

#CFD1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB45E

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

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