#8CB55B#8CB55B

#8CB55B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.127 H 129.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB55B
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 91)
HSL	hsl(87, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(87, 50%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 0%, 49.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -29.00, 41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 50.34, 125.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0806 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.127 129.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2271, 39.3780, 15.9564)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB55B #845BB5

analogous

#B5B15B #8CB55B #5FB55B

triadic

#8CB55B #5B8CB5 #B55B8C

tetradic

#8CB55B #5BB5B1 #845BB5 #B55B5F

square

#8CB55B #5BB5B1 #845BB5 #B55B5F

split-complementary

#8CB55B #5B5FB5 #B15BB5

monochromatic

#4D672F #6D9142 #8CB55B #AAC885 #C7DBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#8CB55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#8CB55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB55B

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB55B	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.127 129.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcb8b',
    500: '#8cb55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb55b;
$custom-light: #afcb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.333,
    "s": 37.815,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72295,
    "c": 0.12726,
    "h": 129.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB55B

secondary

#B4A3C9

accent

#5ACE8F

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB55B

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

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