#8CB551#8CB551

#8CB551 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.137 H 128.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB551
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 81)
HSL	hsl(85, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(85, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 0%, 55.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -30.06, 45.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 54.82, 123.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0844 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.137 128)
XYZ	xyz(28.8242, 39.2168, 13.8340)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB551 #7A51B5

analogous

#B5AC51 #8CB551 #5AB551

triadic

#8CB551 #518CB5 #B5518C

tetradic

#8CB551 #51B5AC #7A51B5 #B5515A

square

#8CB551 #51B5AC #7A51B5 #B5515A

split-complementary

#8CB551 #515AB5 #AC51B5

monochromatic

#4B622A #6C8D3C #8CB551 #A8C77C #C5DAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#8CB551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#8CB551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB551

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB551	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	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)

#BDAA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AE9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.137 128.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cb85',
    500: '#8cb551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb551;
$custom-light: #b0cb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.6,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72163,
    "c": 0.13698,
    "h": 128
  },
  "luminance": 0.39217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB551

secondary

#AD9BC7

accent

#58D089

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB551

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

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