#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
RGBrgb(140, 185, 55)
HSLhsl(81, 54%, 47%)
HSVhsv(81, 70%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(24.3%, 0%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(69.86, -34.04, 58.04)
CIE-LCHlch(69.86, 67.28, 120.39°)
OKLaboklab(72.86% -0.0976 0.1306)
OKLCHoklch(72.86% 0.163 126.8)
XYZxyz(28.8538, 40.5487, 9.9202)
Luminance0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##8CB9371.002.319.119.11
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1121.001.001.00
##0000009.1121.001.001.00

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

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#8CB937 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva