#8CB561#8CB561

#8CB561 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.121 H 130.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB561
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 97)
HSL	hsl(89, 36%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(89, 46%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 0%, 46.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -28.30, 38.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 47.58, 126.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0783 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.121 130.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4964, 39.4857, 17.3744)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB561 #8A61B5

analogous

#B5B461 #8CB561 #62B561

triadic

#8CB561 #618CB5 #B5618C

tetradic

#8CB561 #61B5B4 #8A61B5 #B56162

square

#8CB561 #61B5B4 #8A61B5 #B56162

split-complementary

#8CB561 #6162B5 #B461B5

monochromatic

#4E6A32 #6D9445 #8CB561 #AAC98B #C9DCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#8CB561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#8CB561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB561

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB561	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAB5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EAFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.121 130.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcb8f',
    500: '#8cb561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb561;
$custom-light: #afcb8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.286,
    "s": 36.207,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72382,
    "c": 0.1211,
    "h": 130.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB561

secondary

#B8A7CB

accent

#5CCC93

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F5F8F0

border

#CFD1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB561

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →