#8CB557#8CB557

#8CB557 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.131 H 128.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB557
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 87)
HSL	hsl(86, 39%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(86, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 0%, 51.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -29.44, 43.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 52.15, 124.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0821 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.131 128.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0592, 39.3108, 15.0717)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB557 #8057B5

analogous

#B5AF57 #8CB557 #5DB557

triadic

#8CB557 #578CB5 #B5578C

tetradic

#8CB557 #57B5AF #8057B5 #B5575D

square

#8CB557 #57B5AF #8057B5 #B5575D

split-complementary

#8CB557 #575DB5 #AF57B5

monochromatic

#4C652D #6D903F #8CB557 #A9C881 #C6DAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#8CB557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#8CB557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB557

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB557	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.131 128.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cb89',
    500: '#8cb557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb557;
$custom-light: #b0cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.17,
    "s": 38.843,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7224,
    "c": 0.13124,
    "h": 128.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB557

secondary

#B19FC8

accent

#59CF8C

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB557

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

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