#8CB937#8CB937

#8CB937 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.163 H 126.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB937
RGB	rgb(140, 185, 55)
HSL	hsl(81, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(81, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 0%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -34.04, 58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 67.28, 120.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0976 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.163 126.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8538, 40.5487, 9.9202)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB937 #6437B9

analogous

#B9A537 #8CB937 #4BB937

triadic

#8CB937 #378CB9 #B9378C

tetradic

#8CB937 #37B9A5 #6437B9 #B9374B

square

#8CB937 #37B9A5 #6437B9 #B9374B

split-complementary

#8CB937 #374BB9 #A537B9

monochromatic

#455B1B #688A29 #8CB937 #A8CF5E #C2DD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#8CB937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#8CB937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB937

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB937	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)

#C3AD22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91B09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 185, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.163 126.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ce76',
    500: '#8cb937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb937;
$custom-light: #b1ce76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.769,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72859,
    "c": 0.16305,
    "h": 126.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB937

secondary

#9C84C8

accent

#4ADE7D

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB937

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

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