#8CB53B#8CB53B

#8CB53B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.155 H 126.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB53B
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 59)
HSL	hsl(80, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(80, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 0%, 67.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -31.91, 55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 63.85, 119.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.0914 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.155 126.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1286, 38.9386, 10.1708)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB53B #643BB5

analogous

#B5A13B #8CB53B #4FB53B

triadic

#8CB53B #3B8CB5 #B53B8C

tetradic

#8CB53B #3BB5A1 #643BB5 #B53B4F

square

#8CB53B #3BB5A1 #643BB5 #B53B4F

split-complementary

#8CB53B #3B4FB5 #A13BB5

monochromatic

#45591D #68872C #8CB53B #A8CC62 #C2DB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8CB53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#8CB53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB53B

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB53B	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA92A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AD9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.155 126.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cb77',
    500: '#8cb53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb53b;
$custom-light: #b1cb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.164,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71936,
    "c": 0.15523,
    "h": 126.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB53B

secondary

#9C86C6

accent

#4DDA7D

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB53B

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

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