#8CB949#8CB949

#8CB949 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.150 H 128.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB949
RGB	rgb(140, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(84, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(84, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 0%, 60.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -32.68, 50.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 60.38, 122.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0923 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.15 128.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3667, 40.7538, 12.6211)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB949 #7649B9

analogous

#B9AE49 #8CB949 #54B949

triadic

#8CB949 #498CB9 #B9498C

tetradic

#8CB949 #49B9AE #7649B9 #B94954

square

#8CB949 #49B9AE #7649B9 #B94954

split-complementary

#8CB949 #4954B9 #AE49B9

monochromatic

#4A6226 #6B8E37 #8CB949 #A8CA75 #C4DBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#8CB949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#8CB949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB949

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB949	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90B1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.150 128.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ce80',
    500: '#8cb949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb949;
$custom-light: #b0ce80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.107,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73023,
    "c": 0.14954,
    "h": 128.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB949

secondary

#AA96C8

accent

#54D487

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9EF

border

#D0D2CA

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB949

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

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