#8CB541#8CB541

#8CB541 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.151 H 126.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB541
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 65)
HSL	hsl(81, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(81, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 0%, 64.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -31.47, 52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 61.53, 120.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.0897 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.151 126.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2933, 39.0044, 11.0380)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB541 #6A41B5

analogous

#B5A441 #8CB541 #52B541

triadic

#8CB541 #418CB5 #B5418C

tetradic

#8CB541 #41B5A4 #6A41B5 #B54152

square

#8CB541 #41B5A4 #6A41B5 #B54152

split-complementary

#8CB541 #4152B5 #A441B5

monochromatic

#465B21 #698831 #8CB541 #A8C96A #C2DA97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8CB541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#8CB541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB541

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB541	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)

#BEA932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91AD9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.151 126.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cb7b',
    500: '#8cb541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb541;
$custom-light: #b1cb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.207,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71989,
    "c": 0.15073,
    "h": 126.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB541

secondary

#A18CC5

accent

#51D780

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB541

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

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