#8CB855#8CB855

#8CB855 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.137 H 129.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB855
RGB	rgb(140, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(87, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(87, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 0%, 53.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -31.07, 45.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 54.71, 124.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0868 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.137 129.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5952, 40.5117, 14.8529)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB855 #8155B8

analogous

#B8B355 #8CB855 #5AB855

triadic

#8CB855 #558CB8 #B8558C

tetradic

#8CB855 #55B8B3 #8155B8 #B8555A

square

#8CB855 #55B8B3 #8155B8 #B8555A

split-complementary

#8CB855 #555AB8 #B355B8

monochromatic

#4D672B #6D933D #8CB855 #A9CA80 #C6DCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#8CB855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#8CB855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB855

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB855	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FB1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.137 129.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cd88',
    500: '#8cb855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb855;
$custom-light: #b0cd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.667,
    "s": 41.079,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72925,
    "c": 0.13743,
    "h": 129.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB855

secondary

#B29FCA

accent

#57D18D

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB855

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

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