#8CB953#8CB953
#8CB953 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.141 H 129.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8CB953 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(140, 185, 83) |
| HSL | hsl(86, 42%, 53%) |
| HSV | hsv(86, 55%, 73%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(24.3%, 0%, 55.1%, 27.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.10, -31.75, 46.30) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.10, 56.14, 124.44°) |
| OKLab | oklab(73.14% -0.0889 0.1091) |
| OKLCH | oklch(73.14% 0.141 129.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.7253, 40.8973, 14.5098) |
| Luminance | 0.4090 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Turtle Green
#75B84F
ΔE00 3.72
Light Olive Green
#A4BE5C
ΔE00 4.37
Nasty Green
#70B23F
ΔE00 4.44
Avocado (survey)
#90B134
ΔE00 4.89
Pistachio
#93C572
ΔE00 4.96
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 5.39
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8CB953 #8053B9
analogous
#B9B353 #8CB953 #59B953
triadic
#8CB953 #538CB9 #B9538C
tetradic
#8CB953 #53B9B3 #8053B9 #B95359
square
#8CB953 #53B9B3 #8053B9 #B95359
split-complementary
#8CB953 #5359B9 #B353B9
monochromatic
#4C672A #6D933C #8CB953 #A9CB7E #C6DCAA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.29
#8CB953 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.18
#8CB953 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #8CB953
9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8CB953 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8CB953 | 1.00 | 2.29 | 9.18 | 9.18 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.29 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.18 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.18 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C1AD49
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBAA5A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#8FB2A2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8cb953; /* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 185, 83); /* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.141 129.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b0ce86',
500: '#8cb953',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8cb953; $custom-light: #b0ce86; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8cb953",
"rgb": {
"r": 140,
"g": 185,
"b": 83
},
"hsl": {
"h": 86.471,
"s": 42.149,
"l": 52.549
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.73137,
"c": 0.14071,
"h": 129.2
},
"luminance": 0.40898
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8CB953
secondary
#B19ECA
accent
#56D28D
background
#FBFCF8
surface
#F6F9F0
border
#D0D2CB
text
#11130B
muted
#80827C