#8CB73B#8CB73B

#8CB73B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.158 H 126.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB73B
RGB	rgb(140, 183, 59)
HSL	hsl(81, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(81, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 0%, 67.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -32.85, 55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 64.85, 120.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.094 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.158 126.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5382, 39.7577, 10.3073)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB73B #663BB7

analogous

#B7A43B #8CB73B #4EB73B

triadic

#8CB73B #3B8CB7 #B73B8C

tetradic

#8CB73B #3BB7A4 #663BB7 #B73B4E

square

#8CB73B #3BB7A4 #663BB7 #B73B4E

split-complementary

#8CB73B #3B4EB7 #A43BB7

monochromatic

#455A1D #69892C #8CB73B #A8CD63 #C2DC91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#8CB73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#8CB73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB73B

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB73B	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)

#C0AB29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91AF9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 183, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.158 126.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cc78',
    500: '#8cb73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb73b;
$custom-light: #b1cc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.806,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72413,
    "c": 0.15779,
    "h": 126.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB73B

secondary

#9D87C6

accent

#4DDB7E

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9EE

border

#D0D2C9

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB73B

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

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