#8CB839#8CB839

#8CB839 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.160 H 126.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB839
RGB	rgb(140, 184, 57)
HSL	hsl(81, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(81, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 0%, 69%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -33.45, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 66.08, 120.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0958 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.16 126.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6943, 40.1514, 10.1083)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB839 #6539B8

analogous

#B8A439 #8CB839 #4DB839

triadic

#8CB839 #398CB8 #B8398C

tetradic

#8CB839 #39B8A4 #6539B8 #B8394D

square

#8CB839 #39B8A4 #6539B8 #B8394D

split-complementary

#8CB839 #394DB8 #A439B8

monochromatic

#455B1C #68892B #8CB839 #A8CE60 #C2DC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#8CB839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#8CB839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB839

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB839	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)

#C1AC26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91B09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 184, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.160 126.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cd77',
    500: '#8cb839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb839;
$custom-light: #b1cd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.787,
    "s": 52.697,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72636,
    "c": 0.16046,
    "h": 126.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB839

secondary

#9C86C7

accent

#4CDC7E

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB839

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

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