#8CB738#8CB738

#8CB738 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.160 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB738
RGB	rgb(140, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(80, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(80, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 0%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -33.05, 57.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 65.94, 120.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.0948 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.16 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4626, 39.7275, 9.9092)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB738 #6338B7

analogous

#B7A338 #8CB738 #4DB738

triadic

#8CB738 #388CB7 #B7388C

tetradic

#8CB738 #38B7A3 #6338B7 #B7384D

square

#8CB738 #38B7A3 #6338B7 #B7384D

split-complementary

#8CB738 #384DB7 #A338B7

monochromatic

#44591B #68882A #8CB738 #A8CE5E #C1DC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#8CB738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#8CB738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB738

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB738	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AF9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.160 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cc76',
    500: '#8cb738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb738;
$custom-light: #b1cc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.315,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72389,
    "c": 0.15986,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB738

secondary

#9B84C7

accent

#4BDD7C

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB738

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

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