#8CB737#8CB737

#8CB737 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.161 H 126.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB737
RGB	rgb(140, 183, 55)
HSL	hsl(80, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(80, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 0%, 69.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -33.11, 57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 66.30, 119.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0951 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.161 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4384, 39.7178, 9.7817)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB737 #6237B7

analogous

#B7A237 #8CB737 #4CB737

triadic

#8CB737 #378CB7 #B7378C

tetradic

#8CB737 #37B7A2 #6237B7 #B7374C

square

#8CB737 #37B7A2 #6237B7 #B7374C

split-complementary

#8CB737 #374CB7 #A237B7

monochromatic

#44591B #688829 #8CB737 #A8CE5D #C1DC8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#8CB737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#8CB737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB737

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB737	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)

#C1AB22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AE9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 183, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.161 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cc76',
    500: '#8cb737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb737;
$custom-light: #b1cc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.156,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72381,
    "c": 0.16054,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB737

secondary

#9A83C7

accent

#4BDD7C

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB737

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

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