#8CBA38#8CBA38

#8CBA38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.164 H 127.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBA38
RGB	rgb(140, 186, 56)
HSL	hsl(81, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(81, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 0%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -34.43, 57.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 67.42, 120.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0986 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.164 127.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0880, 40.9782, 10.1177)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBA38 #6638BA

analogous

#BAA738 #8CBA38 #4BBA38

triadic

#8CBA38 #388CBA #BA388C

tetradic

#8CBA38 #38BAA7 #6638BA #BA384B

square

#8CBA38 #38BAA7 #6638BA #BA384B

split-complementary

#8CBA38 #384BBA #A738BA

monochromatic

#455C1C #698B2A #8CBA38 #A8CF60 #C2DD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#8CBA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#8CBA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBA38

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBA38	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91B1A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cba38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 186, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.164 127.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cf76',
    500: '#8cba38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cba38;
$custom-light: #b1cf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cba38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.231,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73107,
    "c": 0.16365,
    "h": 127.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBA38

secondary

#9D86C8

accent

#4BDD7F

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBA38

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

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