#8CB936#8CB936

#8CB936 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.164 H 126.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB936
RGB	rgb(140, 185, 54)
HSL	hsl(81, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(81, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 0%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -34.10, 58.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 67.63, 120.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0979 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.164 126.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8301, 40.5392, 9.7953)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB936 #6336B9

analogous

#B9A536 #8CB936 #4AB936

triadic

#8CB936 #368CB9 #B9368C

tetradic

#8CB936 #36B9A5 #6336B9 #B9364A

square

#8CB936 #36B9A5 #6336B9 #B9364A

split-complementary

#8CB936 #364AB9 #A536B9

monochromatic

#445A1A #688A28 #8CB936 #A8D05D #C1DD8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#8CB936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#8CB936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB936

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB936	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92B09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 185, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.164 126.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ce75',
    500: '#8cb936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb936;
$custom-light: #b1ce75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.611,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72852,
    "c": 0.1637,
    "h": 126.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB936

secondary

#9B83C8

accent

#4ADE7D

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB936

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

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