#8CB74B#8CB74B
#8CB74B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.145 H 127.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8CB74B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(140, 183, 75) |
| HSL | hsl(84, 43%, 51%) |
| HSV | hsv(84, 59%, 72%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(23.5%, 0%, 59%, 28.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.43, -31.57, 49.23) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.43, 58.48, 122.67°) |
| OKLab | oklab(72.57% -0.0891 0.1146) |
| OKLCH | oklch(72.57% 0.145 127.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.0186, 39.9499, 12.8375) |
| Luminance | 0.3995 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Avocado (survey)
#90B134
ΔE00 3.71
Turtle Green
#75B84F
ΔE00 4.29
Light Olive Green
#A4BE5C
ΔE00 4.33
Nasty Green
#70B23F
ΔE00 4.38
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 4.40
Leaf
#71AA34
ΔE00 5.10
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8CB74B #764BB7
analogous
#B7AC4B #8CB74B #56B74B
triadic
#8CB74B #4B8CB7 #B74B8C
tetradic
#8CB74B #4BB7AC #764BB7 #B74B56
square
#8CB74B #4BB7AC #764BB7 #B74B56
split-complementary
#8CB74B #4B56B7 #AC4BB7
monochromatic
#4A6127 #6B8D38 #8CB74B #A8C877 #C4DAA2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.34
#8CB74B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.99
#8CB74B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #8CB74B
8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8CB74B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8CB74B | 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)
#BFAB3F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B9A952
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#90AFA0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8cb74b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 183, 75); /* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.145 127.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b0cc81',
500: '#8cb74b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8cb74b; $custom-light: #b0cc81; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8cb74b",
"rgb": {
"r": 140,
"g": 183,
"b": 75
},
"hsl": {
"h": 83.889,
"s": 42.857,
"l": 50.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.72568,
"c": 0.14514,
"h": 127.9
},
"luminance": 0.3995
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8CB74B
secondary
#AA97C7
accent
#55D387
background
#FBFCF8
surface
#F6F9EF
border
#D0D2CA
text
#11130B
muted
#80827C