#8CB951#8CB951

#8CB951 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.143 H 128.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB951
RGB	rgb(140, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(86, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(86, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 0%, 56.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -31.94, 47.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 57.00, 124.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0896 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.143 128.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6492, 40.8668, 14.1090)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB951 #7E51B9

analogous

#B9B251 #8CB951 #58B951

triadic

#8CB951 #518CB9 #B9518C

tetradic

#8CB951 #51B9B2 #7E51B9 #B95158

square

#8CB951 #51B9B2 #7E51B9 #B95158

split-complementary

#8CB951 #5158B9 #B251B9

monochromatic

#4C6629 #6C923B #8CB951 #A9CB7D #C6DCA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#8CB951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#8CB951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB951

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB951	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)

#C1AD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.143 128.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ce85',
    500: '#8cb951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb951;
$custom-light: #b0ce85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.962,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73113,
    "c": 0.14254,
    "h": 128.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB951

secondary

#B09CCA

accent

#55D28B

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9EF

border

#D0D2CA

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB951

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

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