#8CBC36#8CBC36

#8CBC36 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.167 H 127.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBC36
RGB	rgb(140, 188, 54)
HSL	hsl(81, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(81, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 0%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -35.48, 59.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 69.10, 120.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.1016 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.167 127.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.4643, 41.8076, 10.0067)
Luminance	0.4181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBC36 #6636BC

analogous

#BCA936 #8CBC36 #49BC36

triadic

#8CBC36 #368CBC #BC368C

tetradic

#8CBC36 #36BCA9 #6636BC #BC3649

square

#8CBC36 #36BCA9 #6636BC #BC3649

split-complementary

#8CBC36 #3649BC #A936BC

monochromatic

#455D1B #698C28 #8CBC36 #A8D15E #C2DF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#8CBC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#8CBC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBC36

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBC36	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91B3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbc36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 188, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.167 127.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d076',
    500: '#8cbc36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbc36;
$custom-light: #b1d076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbc36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.493,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73571,
    "c": 0.16746,
    "h": 127.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBC36

secondary

#9D85C9

accent

#49DF7F

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111409

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBC36

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

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