#8CB933#8CB933

#8CB933 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.166 H 126.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB933
RGB	rgb(140, 185, 51)
HSL	hsl(80, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(80, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 0%, 72.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -34.29, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 68.66, 119.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0986 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.166 126.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7618, 40.5119, 9.4356)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB933 #6033B9

analogous

#B9A333 #8CB933 #49B933

triadic

#8CB933 #338CB9 #B9338C

tetradic

#8CB933 #33B9A3 #6033B9 #B93349

square

#8CB933 #33B9A3 #6033B9 #B93349

split-complementary

#8CB933 #3349B9 #A333B9

monochromatic

#435919 #688926 #8CB933 #A8D158 #C1DE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#8CB933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#8CB933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB933

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB933	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)

#C3AC1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92B09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 185, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.166 126.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ce74',
    500: '#8cb933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb933;
$custom-light: #b1ce74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.149,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7283,
    "c": 0.16559,
    "h": 126.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB933

secondary

#9880C8

accent

#48E07B

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB933

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

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