#8CB539#8CB539

#8CB539 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.157 H 126.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB539
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 57)
HSL	hsl(80, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(80, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 0%, 68.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -32.05, 56.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 64.59, 119.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.092 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.157 126)
XYZ	xyz(28.0777, 38.9182, 9.9028)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB539 #6239B5

analogous

#B5A039 #8CB539 #4EB539

triadic

#8CB539 #398CB5 #B5398C

tetradic

#8CB539 #39B5A0 #6239B5 #B5394E

square

#8CB539 #39B5A0 #6239B5 #B5394E

split-complementary

#8CB539 #394EB5 #A039B5

monochromatic

#44581C #68862A #8CB539 #A8CD5F #C1DB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8CB539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#8CB539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB539

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB539	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)

#BEA926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AD9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.157 126.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cb76',
    500: '#8cb539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb539;
$custom-light: #b1cb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.839,
    "s": 52.101,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71919,
    "c": 0.15664,
    "h": 126
  },
  "luminance": 0.38919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB539

secondary

#9A84C6

accent

#4CDC7C

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB539

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

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