#8CB938#8CB938

#8CB938 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.162 H 126.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB938
RGB	rgb(140, 185, 56)
HSL	hsl(81, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(81, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 0%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -33.97, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 66.93, 120.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0974 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.162 126.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8781, 40.5584, 10.0477)
Luminance	0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB938 #6538B9

analogous

#B9A538 #8CB938 #4CB938

triadic

#8CB938 #388CB9 #B9388C

tetradic

#8CB938 #38B9A5 #6538B9 #B9384C

square

#8CB938 #38B9A5 #6538B9 #B9384C

split-complementary

#8CB938 #384CB9 #A538B9

monochromatic

#455B1C #688A2A #8CB938 #A8CF5F #C2DD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#8CB938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#8CB938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB938

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB938	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	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)

#C2AD24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91B09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 185, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.162 126.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ce76',
    500: '#8cb938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb938;
$custom-light: #b1ce76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.93,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72867,
    "c": 0.16239,
    "h": 126.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB938

secondary

#9C85C8

accent

#4BDD7E

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB938

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

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