#8CBC38#8CBC38

#8CBC38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.166 H 127.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBC38
RGB	rgb(140, 188, 56)
HSL	hsl(82, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(82, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 0%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -35.35, 58.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 68.41, 121.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.1011 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.166 127.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5123, 41.8268, 10.2591)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBC38 #6838BC

analogous

#BCAA38 #8CBC38 #4ABC38

triadic

#8CBC38 #388CBC #BC388C

tetradic

#8CBC38 #38BCAA #6838BC #BC384A

square

#8CBC38 #38BCAA #6838BC #BC384A

split-complementary

#8CBC38 #384ABC #AA38BC

monochromatic

#465E1C #698D2A #8CBC38 #A8D061 #C2DE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#8CBC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#8CBC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBC38

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBC38	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91B3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 188, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.166 127.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d077',
    500: '#8cbc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbc38;
$custom-light: #b1d077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.818,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73586,
    "c": 0.16617,
    "h": 127.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBC38

secondary

#9F87C9

accent

#4ADD80

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111409

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBC38

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

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