#8CB472#8CB472

#8CB472 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.101 H 133.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB472
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 114)
HSL	hsl(96, 31%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(96, 37%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 36.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -25.57, 29.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 38.97, 131.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0698 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.101 133.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1731, 39.4322, 21.9378)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB472 #9A72B4

analogous

#ADB472 #8CB472 #72B479

triadic

#8CB472 #728CB4 #B4728C

tetradic

#8CB472 #72ADB4 #9A72B4 #B47972

square

#8CB472 #72ADB4 #9A72B4 #B47972

split-complementary

#8CB472 #7972B4 #B472AD

monochromatic

#50703C #6D9851 #8CB472 #ADC99A #CDDFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#8CB472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#8CB472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB472

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB472	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AB6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CAFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.101 133.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afca9b',
    500: '#8cb472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb472;
$custom-light: #afca9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.364,
    "s": 30.556,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72434,
    "c": 0.10097,
    "h": 133.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB472

secondary

#C4B4CE

accent

#61C79F

background

#FAFCF9

surface

#F4F8F2

border

#CED1CC

text

#10130E

muted

#7F827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB472

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

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