#8CB931#8CB931

#8CB931 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.167 H 126.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB931
RGB	rgb(140, 185, 49)
HSL	hsl(80, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(80, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 0%, 73.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -34.40, 60.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 69.32, 119.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0991 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.167 126.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7187, 40.4946, 9.2083)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB931 #5E31B9

analogous

#B9A231 #8CB931 #48B931

triadic

#8CB931 #318CB9 #B9318C

tetradic

#8CB931 #31B9A2 #5E31B9 #B93148

square

#8CB931 #31B9A2 #5E31B9 #B93148

split-complementary

#8CB931 #3148B9 #A231B9

monochromatic

#435817 #678924 #8CB931 #A9D255 #C1DF86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#8CB931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#8CB931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB931

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB931	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)

#C3AC16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92B09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 185, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.167 126.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ce73',
    500: '#8cb931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb931;
$custom-light: #b1ce73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.853,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72816,
    "c": 0.1668,
    "h": 126.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB931

secondary

#967DC8

accent

#46E17A

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB931

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

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