#8CB74A#8CB74A
#8CB74A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.146 H 127.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8CB74A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(140, 183, 74) |
| HSL | hsl(84, 43%, 50%) |
| HSV | hsv(84, 60%, 72%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(23.5%, 0%, 59.6%, 28.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.42, -31.66, 49.67) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.42, 58.90, 122.51°) |
| OKLab | oklab(72.56% -0.0894 0.1154) |
| OKLCH | oklch(72.56% 0.146 127.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.9847, 39.9363, 12.6587) |
| Luminance | 0.3994 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Avocado (survey)
#90B134
ΔE00 3.59
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 4.31
Light Olive Green
#A4BE5C
ΔE00 4.35
Turtle Green
#75B84F
ΔE00 4.36
Nasty Green
#70B23F
ΔE00 4.39
Leaf
#71AA34
ΔE00 5.09
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8CB74A #754AB7
analogous
#B7AC4A #8CB74A #55B74A
triadic
#8CB74A #4A8CB7 #B74A8C
tetradic
#8CB74A #4AB7AC #754AB7 #B74A55
square
#8CB74A #4AB7AC #754AB7 #B74A55
split-complementary
#8CB74A #4A55B7 #AC4AB7
monochromatic
#496026 #6B8C38 #8CB74A #A8C876 #C4DAA2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.34
#8CB74A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.99
#8CB74A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #8CB74A
8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8CB74A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8CB74A | 1.00 | 2.34 | 8.99 | 8.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.34 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C0AB3E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BAA952
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#90AFA0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8cb74a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 183, 74); /* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.146 127.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b0cc81',
500: '#8cb74a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8cb74a; $custom-light: #b0cc81; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8cb74a",
"rgb": {
"r": 140,
"g": 183,
"b": 74
},
"hsl": {
"h": 83.67,
"s": 43.083,
"l": 50.392
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.72557,
"c": 0.146,
"h": 127.8
},
"luminance": 0.39937
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8CB74A
secondary
#A996C7
accent
#55D387
background
#FBFCF8
surface
#F6F9EF
border
#D0D2CA
text
#11130A
muted
#80827C