#8CB550#8CB550

#8CB550 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.138 H 127.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB550
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 80)
HSL	hsl(84, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(84, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 0%, 55.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -30.16, 46.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 55.26, 123.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0847 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.138 127.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7869, 39.2019, 13.6379)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB550 #7950B5

analogous

#B5AB50 #8CB550 #59B550

triadic

#8CB550 #508CB5 #B5508C

tetradic

#8CB550 #50B5AB #7950B5 #B55059

square

#8CB550 #50B5AB #7950B5 #B55059

split-complementary

#8CB550 #5059B5 #AB50B5

monochromatic

#4B6129 #6C8C3B #8CB550 #A8C77B #C5D9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#8CB550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#8CB550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB550

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB550	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AE9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.138 127.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cb84',
    500: '#8cb550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb550;
$custom-light: #b0cb84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.356,
    "s": 40.562,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72151,
    "c": 0.1379,
    "h": 127.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB550

secondary

#AC9AC7

accent

#57D089

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB550

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

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