#8CB548#8CB548

#8CB548 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.145 H 127.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB548
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 72)
HSL	hsl(83, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(83, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 0%, 60.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -30.89, 49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 58.68, 121.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0875 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.145 127.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5088, 39.0906, 12.1729)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB548 #7148B5

analogous

#B5A848 #8CB548 #55B548

triadic

#8CB548 #488CB5 #B5488C

tetradic

#8CB548 #48B5A8 #7148B5 #B54855

square

#8CB548 #48B5A8 #7148B5 #B54855

split-complementary

#8CB548 #4855B5 #A848B5

monochromatic

#485D25 #6A8937 #8CB548 #A8C773 #C3D99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#8CB548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#8CB548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB548

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB548	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91AD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.145 127.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cb7f',
    500: '#8cb548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb548;
$custom-light: #b0cb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.569,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7206,
    "c": 0.14501,
    "h": 127.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB548

secondary

#A693C5

accent

#55D384

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB548

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

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