#8CB939#8CB939

#8CB939 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.162 H 126.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB939
RGB	rgb(140, 185, 57)
HSL	hsl(81, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(81, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 0%, 69.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -33.91, 57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 66.57, 120.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0971 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.162 126.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9028, 40.5683, 10.1778)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB939 #6639B9

analogous

#B9A639 #8CB939 #4CB939

triadic

#8CB939 #398CB9 #B9398C

tetradic

#8CB939 #39B9A6 #6639B9 #B9394C

square

#8CB939 #39B9A6 #6639B9 #B9394C

split-complementary

#8CB939 #394CB9 #A639B9

monochromatic

#455B1C #698A2B #8CB939 #A8CE61 #C2DD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#8CB939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#8CB939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB939

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB939	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)

#C2AD25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91B19F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 185, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.162 126.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ce77',
    500: '#8cb939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb939;
$custom-light: #b1ce77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.094,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72875,
    "c": 0.16172,
    "h": 126.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB939

secondary

#9D86C8

accent

#4BDC7E

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB939

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

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