#8CB72F#8CB72F

#8CB72F 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	#8CB72F
RGB	rgb(140, 183, 47)
HSL	hsl(79, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(79, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 0%, 74.3%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -33.59, 60.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 69.01, 119.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.0971 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.166 125.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2620, 39.6472, 8.8525)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB72F #5A2FB7

analogous

#B79E2F #8CB72F #48B72F

triadic

#8CB72F #2F8CB7 #B72F8C

tetradic

#8CB72F #2FB79E #5A2FB7 #B72F48

square

#8CB72F #2FB79E #5A2FB7 #B72F48

split-complementary

#8CB72F #2F48B7 #9E2FB7

monochromatic

#415616 #678622 #8CB72F #A9D251 #C1DF82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#8CB72F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#8CB72F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB72F

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB72F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB72F	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)

#C1AB12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AE9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb72f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 183, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.166 125.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cc71',
    500: '#8cb72f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb72f;
$custom-light: #b1cc71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb72f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.971,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72324,
    "c": 0.16552,
    "h": 125.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB72F

secondary

#937AC8

accent

#45E277

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB72F

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

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