#8CB837#8CB837

#8CB837 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.162 H 126.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB837
RGB	rgb(140, 184, 55)
HSL	hsl(80, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(80, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 0%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -33.58, 57.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 66.79, 120.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0964 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.162 126.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6454, 40.1318, 9.8507)
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

#8CB837 #6337B8

analogous

#B8A437 #8CB837 #4CB837

triadic

#8CB837 #378CB8 #B8378C

tetradic

#8CB837 #37B8A4 #6337B8 #B8374C

square

#8CB837 #37B8A4 #6337B8 #B8374C

split-complementary

#8CB837 #374CB8 #A437B8

monochromatic

#445A1B #688929 #8CB837 #A8CF5D #C1DD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#8CB837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#8CB837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB837

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB837	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)

#C2AC22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AF9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 184, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.162 126.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cd76',
    500: '#8cb837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb837;
$custom-light: #b1cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.465,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7262,
    "c": 0.1618,
    "h": 126.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB837

secondary

#9B84C7

accent

#4ADD7D

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB837

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

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