#8CB840#8CB840

#8CB840 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.155 H 127.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB840
RGB	rgb(140, 184, 64)
HSL	hsl(82, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(82, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 0%, 65.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -32.95, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 63.46, 121.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0939 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.155 127.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8811, 40.2261, 11.0923)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB840 #6C40B8

analogous

#B8A840 #8CB840 #50B840

triadic

#8CB840 #408CB8 #B8408C

tetradic

#8CB840 #40B8A8 #6C40B8 #B84050

square

#8CB840 #40B8A8 #6C40B8 #B84050

split-complementary

#8CB840 #4050B8 #A840B8

monochromatic

#475D20 #698B30 #8CB840 #A8CB6A #C2DB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#8CB840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#8CB840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB840

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB840	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91B09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 184, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.155 127.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cd7b',
    500: '#8cb840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb840;
$custom-light: #b1cd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72696,
    "c": 0.15541,
    "h": 127.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB840

secondary

#A28DC7

accent

#50D882

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9EE

border

#D0D2C9

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB840

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

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