#8CBA37#8CBA37

#8CBA37 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.164 H 127.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBA37
RGB	rgb(140, 186, 55)
HSL	hsl(81, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(81, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 0%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -34.50, 58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 67.77, 120.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.0989 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.164 127)
XYZ	xyz(29.0638, 40.9686, 9.9902)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBA37 #6537BA

analogous

#BAA737 #8CBA37 #4ABA37

triadic

#8CBA37 #378CBA #BA378C

tetradic

#8CBA37 #37BAA7 #6537BA #BA374A

square

#8CBA37 #37BAA7 #6537BA #BA374A

split-complementary

#8CBA37 #374ABA #A737BA

monochromatic

#455C1B #688B29 #8CBA37 #A8D05F #C2DE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#8CBA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#8CBA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBA37

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBA37	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91B1A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cba37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 186, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.164 127.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cf76',
    500: '#8cba37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cba37;
$custom-light: #b1cf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cba37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.069,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73099,
    "c": 0.16431,
    "h": 127
  },
  "luminance": 0.40969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBA37

secondary

#9C85C8

accent

#4ADE7E

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBA37

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

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