#8CB836#8CB836

#8CB836 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.162 H 126.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB836
RGB	rgb(140, 184, 54)
HSL	hsl(80, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(80, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 0%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -33.64, 58.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 67.14, 120.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0966 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.162 126.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6217, 40.1223, 9.7258)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB836 #6236B8

analogous

#B8A336 #8CB836 #4BB836

triadic

#8CB836 #368CB8 #B8368C

tetradic

#8CB836 #36B8A3 #6236B8 #B8364B

square

#8CB836 #36B8A3 #6236B8 #B8364B

split-complementary

#8CB836 #364BB8 #A336B8

monochromatic

#44591A #688928 #8CB836 #A8CF5C #C1DD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#8CB836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#8CB836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB836

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB836	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AF9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 184, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.162 126.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cd75',
    500: '#8cb836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb836;
$custom-light: #b1cd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.308,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72613,
    "c": 0.16245,
    "h": 126.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB836

secondary

#9A82C7

accent

#4ADE7C

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB836

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

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