#8CB537#8CB537

#8CB537 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.158 H 125.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB537
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 55)
HSL	hsl(80, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(80, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 0%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -32.18, 56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 65.32, 119.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.0925 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.158 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0288, 38.8986, 9.6452)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB537 #6037B5

analogous

#B59F37 #8CB537 #4DB537

triadic

#8CB537 #378CB5 #B5378C

tetradic

#8CB537 #37B59F #6037B5 #B5374D

square

#8CB537 #37B59F #6037B5 #B5374D

split-complementary

#8CB537 #374DB5 #9F37B5

monochromatic

#43571A #688629 #8CB537 #A8CD5C #C1DC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8CB537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#8CB537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB537

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB537	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)

#BFA923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AC9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.158 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cb75',
    500: '#8cb537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb537;
$custom-light: #b1cb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.524,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71903,
    "c": 0.15801,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB537

secondary

#9882C6

accent

#4BDD7A

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB537

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

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