#8CB739#8CB739

#8CB739 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.159 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB739
RGB	rgb(140, 183, 57)
HSL	hsl(80, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(80, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 0%, 68.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -32.98, 56.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 65.58, 120.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0946 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.159 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4873, 39.7374, 10.0393)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB739 #6439B7

analogous

#B7A339 #8CB739 #4DB739

triadic

#8CB739 #398CB7 #B7398C

tetradic

#8CB739 #39B7A3 #6439B7 #B7394D

square

#8CB739 #39B7A3 #6439B7 #B7394D

split-complementary

#8CB739 #394DB7 #A339B7

monochromatic

#455A1C #68882A #8CB739 #A8CD60 #C2DC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#8CB739 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#8CB739 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB739

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB739	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB739	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)

#C0AB26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AF9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb739;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 183, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.159 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cc77',
    500: '#8cb739',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb739;
$custom-light: #b1cc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb739",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.476,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72397,
    "c": 0.15918,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB739

secondary

#9C85C7

accent

#4CDC7D

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB739

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

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