#8CB72E#8CB72E

#8CB72E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.166 H 125.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB72E
RGB	rgb(140, 183, 46)
HSL	hsl(79, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(79, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 0%, 74.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -33.64, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 69.33, 119.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.0973 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.166 125.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2420, 39.6393, 8.7475)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB72E #592EB7

analogous

#B79D2E #8CB72E #48B72E

triadic

#8CB72E #2E8CB7 #B72E8C

tetradic

#8CB72E #2EB79D #592EB7 #B72E48

square

#8CB72E #2EB79D #592EB7 #B72E48

split-complementary

#8CB72E #2E48B7 #9D2EB7

monochromatic

#415515 #678622 #8CB72E #AAD34F #C1DF80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#8CB72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#8CB72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB72E

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB72E	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AE9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 183, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.166 125.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cc71',
    500: '#8cb72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb72e;
$custom-light: #b1cc71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.832,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72317,
    "c": 0.16609,
    "h": 125.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB72E

secondary

#9279C8

accent

#45E376

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB72E

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

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