#8CB749#8CB749

#8CB749 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.147 H 127.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB749
RGB	rgb(140, 183, 73)
HSL	hsl(83, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(83, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 0%, 60.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -31.75, 50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 59.32, 122.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0897 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.147 127.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9512, 39.9229, 12.4826)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB749 #7449B7

analogous

#B7AB49 #8CB749 #55B749

triadic

#8CB749 #498CB7 #B7498C

tetradic

#8CB749 #49B7AB #7449B7 #B74955

square

#8CB749 #49B7AB #7449B7 #B74955

split-complementary

#8CB749 #4955B7 #AB49B7

monochromatic

#496026 #6B8C37 #8CB749 #A8C875 #C3DAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#8CB749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#8CB749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB749

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB749	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AF9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 183, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.147 127.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cc80',
    500: '#8cb749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb749;
$custom-light: #b0cc80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.455,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72547,
    "c": 0.14685,
    "h": 127.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB749

secondary

#A995C6

accent

#55D386

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9EF

border

#D0D2CA

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB749

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

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