#8CB530#8CB530

#8CB530 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.162 H 125.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB530
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 48)
HSL	hsl(78, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(78, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 0%, 73.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -32.61, 59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 67.74, 118.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0943 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.162 125.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8728, 38.8362, 8.8234)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB530 #5930B5

analogous

#B59B30 #8CB530 #4AB530

triadic

#8CB530 #308CB5 #B5308C

tetradic

#8CB530 #30B59B #5930B5 #B5304A

square

#8CB530 #30B59B #5930B5 #B5304A

split-complementary

#8CB530 #304AB5 #9B30B5

monochromatic

#415416 #678523 #8CB530 #AAD151 #C1DE82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8CB530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#8CB530 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB530

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB530	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA916

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AC9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.162 125.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cb72',
    500: '#8cb530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb530;
$custom-light: #b1cb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.496,
    "s": 58.079,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71852,
    "c": 0.16247,
    "h": 125.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB530

secondary

#927AC7

accent

#46E176

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB530

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

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