#8CBC56#8CBC56

#8CBC56 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.142 H 130.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBC56
RGB	rgb(140, 188, 86)
HSL	hsl(88, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(88, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 0%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -32.85, 45.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 56.48, 125.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.0917 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.142 130.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4778, 42.2130, 15.3445)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBC56 #8656BC

analogous

#BCB956 #8CBC56 #59BC56

triadic

#8CBC56 #568CBC #BC568C

tetradic

#8CBC56 #56BCB9 #8656BC #BC5659

square

#8CBC56 #56BCB9 #8656BC #BC5659

split-complementary

#8CBC56 #5659BC #B956BC

monochromatic

#4E6D2B #6D983C #8CBC56 #AACD82 #C8DFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#8CBC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#8CBC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBC56

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBC56	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FB5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 188, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.142 130.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d088',
    500: '#8cbc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbc56;
$custom-light: #b0d088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.235,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73887,
    "c": 0.14212,
    "h": 130.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBC56

secondary

#B6A1CD

accent

#55D390

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#11140C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBC56

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

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