#8CB531#8CB531

#8CB531 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	#8CB531
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 49)
HSL	hsl(79, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(79, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 0%, 72.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -32.55, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 67.40, 118.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0941 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.162 125.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8937, 38.8446, 8.9333)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB531 #5A31B5

analogous

#B59C31 #8CB531 #4AB531

triadic

#8CB531 #318CB5 #B5318C

tetradic

#8CB531 #31B59C #5A31B5 #B5314A

square

#8CB531 #31B59C #5A31B5 #B5314A

split-complementary

#8CB531 #314AB5 #9C31B5

monochromatic

#415517 #678524 #8CB531 #A9D053 #C1DD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8CB531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#8CB531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB531

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB531	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	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)

#BFA918

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AC9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.162 125.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cb72',
    500: '#8cb531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb531;
$custom-light: #b1cb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.636,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71858,
    "c": 0.16187,
    "h": 125.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB531

secondary

#937BC7

accent

#47E177

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB531

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

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