#8CB53D#8CB53D

#8CB53D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.154 H 126.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB53D
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 61)
HSL	hsl(81, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(81, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 0%, 66.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -31.77, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 63.09, 120.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.0909 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.154 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1815, 38.9597, 10.4492)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB53D #663DB5

analogous

#B5A23D #8CB53D #50B53D

triadic

#8CB53D #3D8CB5 #B53D8C

tetradic

#8CB53D #3DB5A2 #663DB5 #B53D50

square

#8CB53D #3DB5A2 #663DB5 #B53D50

split-complementary

#8CB53D #3D50B5 #A23DB5

monochromatic

#45591E #69872E #8CB53D #A8CB64 #C2DA92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8CB53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#8CB53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB53D

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB53D	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)

#BEA92D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AD9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.154 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cb79',
    500: '#8cb53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb53d;
$custom-light: #b1cb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.5,
    "s": 49.587,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71953,
    "c": 0.15377,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB53D

secondary

#9D88C5

accent

#4FD97E

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB53D

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

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