#8CB838#8CB838

#8CB838 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.161 H 126.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB838
RGB	rgb(140, 184, 56)
HSL	hsl(81, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(81, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 0%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -33.51, 57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 66.44, 120.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0961 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.161 126.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6696, 40.1415, 9.9782)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB838 #6438B8

analogous

#B8A438 #8CB838 #4CB838

triadic

#8CB838 #388CB8 #B8388C

tetradic

#8CB838 #38B8A4 #6438B8 #B8384C

square

#8CB838 #38B8A4 #6438B8 #B8384C

split-complementary

#8CB838 #384CB8 #A438B8

monochromatic

#455A1B #68892A #8CB838 #A8CE5F #C2DD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#8CB838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#8CB838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB838

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB838	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)

#C1AC24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92B09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 184, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.161 126.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cd76',
    500: '#8cb838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb838;
$custom-light: #b1cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.625,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72628,
    "c": 0.16113,
    "h": 126.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB838

secondary

#9C85C7

accent

#4BDD7D

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB838

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

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