#8CB461#8CB461

#8CB461 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.120 H 130.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB461
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 97)
HSL	hsl(89, 36%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(89, 46%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 46.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -27.82, 37.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 47.00, 126.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0769 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.12 130)
XYZ	xyz(29.2938, 39.0805, 17.3069)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB461 #8961B4

analogous

#B4B361 #8CB461 #63B461

triadic

#8CB461 #618CB4 #B4618C

tetradic

#8CB461 #61B4B3 #8961B4 #B46163

square

#8CB461 #61B4B3 #8961B4 #B46163

split-complementary

#8CB461 #6163B4 #B361B4

monochromatic

#4E6932 #6D9245 #8CB461 #AAC88B #C8DBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#8CB461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#8CB461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB461

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB461	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAA5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.120 130.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afca8f',
    500: '#8cb461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb461;
$custom-light: #afca8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.916,
    "s": 35.622,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72147,
    "c": 0.1196,
    "h": 130
  },
  "luminance": 0.39081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB461

secondary

#B8A7CA

accent

#5CCC92

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F5F8F0

border

#CFD1CB

text

#10130C

muted

#7F827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB461

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

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