#8CB93B#8CB93B

#8CB93B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.160 H 127.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8CB93B
RGBrgb(140, 185, 59)
HSLhsl(81, 52%, 48%)
HSVhsv(81, 68%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(24.3%, 0%, 68.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(69.89, -33.77, 56.52)
CIE-LCHlch(69.89, 65.85, 120.86°)
OKLaboklab(72.89% -0.0966 0.128)
OKLCHoklch(72.89% 0.16 127)
XYZxyz(28.9536, 40.5886, 10.4458)
Luminance0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8CB93B #683BB9
analogous
#B9A73B #8CB93B #4DB93B
triadic
#8CB93B #3B8CB9 #B93B8C
tetradic
#8CB93B #3BB9A7 #683BB9 #B93B4D
square
#8CB93B #3BB9A7 #683BB9 #B93B4D
split-complementary
#8CB93B #3B4DB9 #A73BB9
monochromatic
#465C1D #698B2C #8CB93B #A8CD64 #C2DC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30
#8CB93B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12
#8CB93B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB93B
9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8CB93B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##8CB93B1.002.309.129.12
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1221.001.001.00
##0000009.1221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C2AD28
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BCAA45
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#91B1A0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8cb93b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 185, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.160 127.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ce78',
    500: '#8cb93b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8cb93b;
$custom-light: #b1ce78;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8cb93b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.429,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72891,
    "c": 0.16034,
    "h": 127
  },
  "luminance": 0.40589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8CB93B
secondary
#9F88C7
accent
#4DDB80
background
#FBFCF7
surface
#F6F9EE
border
#D0D2C9
text
#111309
muted
#80827B

Preview Lab

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#8CB93B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva