#8CB94C#8CB94C
#8CB94C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.147 H 128.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8CB94C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(140, 185, 76) |
| HSL | hsl(85, 44%, 51%) |
| HSV | hsv(85, 59%, 73%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(24.3%, 0%, 58.9%, 27.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.03, -32.42, 49.45) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.03, 59.13, 123.25°) |
| OKLab | oklab(73.06% -0.0913 0.1152) |
| OKLCH | oklch(73.06% 0.147 128.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.4686, 40.7946, 13.1577) |
| Luminance | 0.4079 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Avocado (survey)
#90B134
ΔE00 4.09
Turtle Green
#75B84F
ΔE00 4.10
Light Olive Green
#A4BE5C
ΔE00 4.32
Nasty Green
#70B23F
ΔE00 4.40
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 4.67
Leaf
#71AA34
ΔE00 5.39
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8CB94C #794CB9
analogous
#B9AF4C #8CB94C #55B94C
triadic
#8CB94C #4C8CB9 #B94C8C
tetradic
#8CB94C #4CB9AF #794CB9 #B94C55
square
#8CB94C #4CB9AF #794CB9 #B94C55
split-complementary
#8CB94C #4C55B9 #AF4CB9
monochromatic
#4B6427 #6C9038 #8CB94C #A8CA78 #C5DBA4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.29
#8CB94C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.16
#8CB94C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #8CB94C
9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8CB94C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8CB94C | 1.00 | 2.29 | 9.16 | 9.16 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.29 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.16 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.16 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C1AD40
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBAA54
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#90B1A1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8cb94c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 185, 76); /* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.147 128.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b0ce82',
500: '#8cb94c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8cb94c; $custom-light: #b0ce82; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8cb94c",
"rgb": {
"r": 140,
"g": 185,
"b": 76
},
"hsl": {
"h": 84.771,
"s": 43.775,
"l": 51.176
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.73055,
"c": 0.14698,
"h": 128.4
},
"luminance": 0.40795
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8CB94C
secondary
#AC98C8
accent
#54D489
background
#FBFCF8
surface
#F6F9EF
border
#D0D2CA
text
#11130B
muted
#80827C