#8CB536#8CB536

#8CB536 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.159 H 125.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB536
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 54)
HSL	hsl(79, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(79, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 0%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -32.25, 57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 65.68, 119.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.0928 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.159 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0051, 38.8891, 9.5202)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB536 #5F36B5

analogous

#B59E36 #8CB536 #4CB536

triadic

#8CB536 #368CB5 #B5368C

tetradic

#8CB536 #36B59E #5F36B5 #B5364C

square

#8CB536 #36B59E #5F36B5 #B5364C

split-complementary

#8CB536 #364CB5 #9E36B5

monochromatic

#43571A #688628 #8CB536 #A9CE5A #C1DC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8CB536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#8CB536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB536

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB536	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AC9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.159 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cb75',
    500: '#8cb536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb536;
$custom-light: #b1cb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.37,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71895,
    "c": 0.15868,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB536

secondary

#9781C6

accent

#4ADD7A

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB536

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

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