#8CB656#8CB656

#8CB656 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.134 H 128.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB656
RGB	rgb(140, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(86, 40%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(86, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 0%, 52.7%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -30.02, 43.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 53.16, 124.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0838 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.134 128.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2227, 39.7027, 14.9261)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB656 #8056B6

analogous

#B6B056 #8CB656 #5CB656

triadic

#8CB656 #568CB6 #B6568C

tetradic

#8CB656 #56B6B0 #8056B6 #B6565C

square

#8CB656 #56B6B0 #8056B6 #B6565C

split-complementary

#8CB656 #565CB6 #B056B6

monochromatic

#4C662C #6D903E #8CB656 #A9C881 #C6DBAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#8CB656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#8CB656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB656

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB656	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FAFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.134 128.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cc88',
    500: '#8cb656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb656;
$custom-light: #b0cc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.25,
    "s": 39.669,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72463,
    "c": 0.13365,
    "h": 128.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB656

secondary

#B19FC9

accent

#58D08C

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB656

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

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