#8CB84D#8CB84D

#8CB84D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.145 H 128.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB84D
RGB	rgb(140, 184, 77)
HSL	hsl(85, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(85, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 0%, 58.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -31.86, 48.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 58.17, 123.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0897 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.145 128.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2951, 40.3917, 13.2727)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB84D #794DB8

analogous

#B8AE4D #8CB84D #56B84D

triadic

#8CB84D #4D8CB8 #B84D8C

tetradic

#8CB84D #4DB8AE #794DB8 #B84D56

square

#8CB84D #4DB8AE #794DB8 #B84D56

split-complementary

#8CB84D #4D56B8 #AE4DB8

monochromatic

#4B6328 #6C8F39 #8CB84D #A8C979 #C5DBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#8CB84D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#8CB84D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB84D

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB84D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB84D	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90B0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb84d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 184, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.145 128.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cd82',
    500: '#8cb84d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb84d;
$custom-light: #b0cd82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb84d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.673,
    "s": 42.972,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72829,
    "c": 0.14475,
    "h": 128.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB84D

secondary

#AC99C8

accent

#55D389

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9EF

border

#D0D2CA

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB84D

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

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