#8CB549#8CB549

#8CB549 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.144 H 127.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB549
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 73)
HSL	hsl(83, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(83, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 0%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -30.81, 49.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 58.26, 121.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0871 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.144 127.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5416, 39.1038, 12.3461)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB549 #7249B5

analogous

#B5A849 #8CB549 #56B549

triadic

#8CB549 #498CB5 #B5498C

tetradic

#8CB549 #49B5A8 #7249B5 #B54956

square

#8CB549 #49B5A8 #7249B5 #B54956

split-complementary

#8CB549 #4956B5 #A849B5

monochromatic

#495E26 #6A8937 #8CB549 #A8C774 #C3D9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#8CB549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#8CB549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB549

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB549	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)

#BEAA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91AD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.144 127.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cb80',
    500: '#8cb549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb549;
$custom-light: #b0cb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.778,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72071,
    "c": 0.14415,
    "h": 127.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB549

secondary

#A794C5

accent

#55D285

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB549

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

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