#8CB950#8CB950

#8CB950 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.143 H 128.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB950
RGB	rgb(140, 185, 80)
HSL	hsl(86, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(86, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 0%, 56.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -32.04, 47.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 57.43, 123.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.0899 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.143 128.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6120, 40.8520, 13.9130)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB950 #7D50B9

analogous

#B9B150 #8CB950 #58B950

triadic

#8CB950 #508CB9 #B9508C

tetradic

#8CB950 #50B9B1 #7D50B9 #B95058

square

#8CB950 #50B9B1 #7D50B9 #B95058

split-complementary

#8CB950 #5058B9 #B150B9

monochromatic

#4C6629 #6C923A #8CB950 #A9CA7C #C5DCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#8CB950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#8CB950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB950

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB950	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 185, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.143 128.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ce84',
    500: '#8cb950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb950;
$custom-light: #b0ce84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.714,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73101,
    "c": 0.14345,
    "h": 128.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB950

secondary

#AF9BC9

accent

#55D38B

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9EF

border

#D0D2CA

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB950

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

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