#8CB757#8CB757

#8CB757 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.134 H 129.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB757
RGB	rgb(140, 183, 87)
HSL	hsl(87, 40%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(87, 52%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 0%, 52.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -30.39, 43.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 53.27, 124.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0848 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.134 129.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4688, 40.1300, 15.2083)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB757 #8257B7

analogous

#B7B257 #8CB757 #5CB757

triadic

#8CB757 #578CB7 #B7578C

tetradic

#8CB757 #57B7B2 #8257B7 #B7575C

square

#8CB757 #57B7B2 #8257B7 #B7575C

split-complementary

#8CB757 #575CB7 #B257B7

monochromatic

#4D672C #6D923F #8CB757 #A9C982 #C7DCAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#8CB757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#8CB757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB757

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB757	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FB0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 183, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.134 129.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cc89',
    500: '#8cb757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb757;
$custom-light: #b0cc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.875,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72713,
    "c": 0.13409,
    "h": 129.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB757

secondary

#B3A0CA

accent

#58D08E

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB757

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

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