#8CB52B#8CB52B

#8CB52B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.165 H 125.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB52B
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 43)
HSL	hsl(78, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(78, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 0%, 76.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -32.87, 61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 69.32, 118.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0954 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.165 125.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7754, 38.7973, 8.3103)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB52B #542BB5

analogous

#B5992B #8CB52B #47B52B

triadic

#8CB52B #2B8CB5 #B52B8C

tetradic

#8CB52B #2BB599 #542BB5 #B52B47

square

#8CB52B #2BB599 #542BB5 #B52B47

split-complementary

#8CB52B #2B47B5 #992BB5

monochromatic

#405214 #66841F #8CB52B #ABD449 #C2E07B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8CB52B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#8CB52B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB52B

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB52B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB52B	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA907

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AC9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb52b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.165 125.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cb6f',
    500: '#8cb52b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb52b;
$custom-light: #b1cb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb52b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.826,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7182,
    "c": 0.16531,
    "h": 125.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB52B

secondary

#8D74C8

accent

#43E573

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB52B

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

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