#8CB540#8CB540

#8CB540 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.151 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB540
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 64)
HSL	hsl(81, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(81, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 0%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -31.55, 53.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 61.92, 120.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.09 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.152 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2646, 38.9929, 10.8868)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB540 #6940B5

analogous

#B5A340 #8CB540 #51B540

triadic

#8CB540 #408CB5 #B5408C

tetradic

#8CB540 #40B5A3 #6940B5 #B54051

square

#8CB540 #40B5A3 #6940B5 #B54051

split-complementary

#8CB540 #4051B5 #A340B5

monochromatic

#465B20 #698830 #8CB540 #A8CA68 #C2DA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8CB540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#8CB540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB540

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB540	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91AD9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.151 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cb7a',
    500: '#8cb540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb540;
$custom-light: #b1cb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.026,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7198,
    "c": 0.1515,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB540

secondary

#A08BC5

accent

#50D780

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB540

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

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