#8CB649#8CB649

#8CB649 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.145 H 127.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB649
RGB	rgb(140, 182, 73)
HSL	hsl(83, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(83, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 0%, 59.9%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -31.28, 49.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 58.79, 122.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0884 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.146 127.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7457, 39.5119, 12.4141)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB649 #7349B6

analogous

#B6A949 #8CB649 #56B649

triadic

#8CB649 #498CB6 #B6498C

tetradic

#8CB649 #49B6A9 #7349B6 #B64956

square

#8CB649 #49B6A9 #7349B6 #B64956

split-complementary

#8CB649 #4956B6 #A949B6

monochromatic

#495F26 #6A8A37 #8CB649 #A8C875 #C3D9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#8CB649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#8CB649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB649

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB649	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)

#BFAA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91AE9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 182, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.145 127.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cc80',
    500: '#8cb649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb649;
$custom-light: #b0cc80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.119,
    "s": 42.745,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72309,
    "c": 0.1455,
    "h": 127.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB649

secondary

#A895C6

accent

#55D386

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB649

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

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