#8CB62E#8CB62E
#8CB62E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.165 H 125.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8CB62E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(140, 182, 46) |
| HSL | hsl(79, 60%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(79, 75%, 71%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(23.1%, 0%, 74.7%, 28.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(68.92, -33.18, 60.33) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(68.92, 68.86, 118.81°) |
| OKLab | oklab(72.08% -0.096 0.134) |
| OKLCH | oklch(72.08% 0.165 125.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.0365, 39.2282, 8.6790) |
| Luminance | 0.3923 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Avocado (survey)
#90B134
ΔE00 1.90
Dark Lime
#84B701
ΔE00 2.37
Icky Green
#8FAE22
ΔE00 2.91
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 3.02
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 3.03
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 3.36
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8CB62E #582EB6
analogous
#B69C2E #8CB62E #48B62E
triadic
#8CB62E #2E8CB6 #B62E8C
tetradic
#8CB62E #2EB69C #582EB6 #B62E48
square
#8CB62E #2EB69C #582EB6 #B62E48
split-complementary
#8CB62E #2E48B6 #9C2EB6
monochromatic
#415415 #668522 #8CB62E #AAD24F #C1DF80
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.37
#8CB62E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.85
#8CB62E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #8CB62E
8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8CB62E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8CB62E | 1.00 | 2.37 | 8.85 | 8.85 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.37 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.85 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.85 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C0AA10
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BAA83B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#92AD9C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8cb62e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 182, 46); /* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.165 125.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b1cc71',
500: '#8cb62e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8cb62e; $custom-light: #b1cc71; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8cb62e",
"rgb": {
"r": 140,
"g": 182,
"b": 46
},
"hsl": {
"h": 78.529,
"s": 59.649,
"l": 44.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.72078,
"c": 0.16486,
"h": 125.6
},
"luminance": 0.39229
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8CB62E
secondary
#9178C8
accent
#45E376
background
#FBFCF7
surface
#F6F8ED
border
#D0D1C8
text
#111308
muted
#80827B