#8CBD36#8CBD36

#8CBD36 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.169 H 127.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBD36
RGB	rgb(140, 189, 54)
HSL	hsl(82, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(82, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 0%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -35.93, 59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 69.58, 121.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.1029 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.169 127.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6787, 42.2364, 10.0781)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBD36 #6736BD

analogous

#BDAB36 #8CBD36 #48BD36

triadic

#8CBD36 #368CBD #BD368C

tetradic

#8CBD36 #36BDAB #6736BD #BD3648

square

#8CBD36 #36BDAB #6736BD #BD3648

split-complementary

#8CBD36 #3648BD #AB36BD

monochromatic

#455E1B #698D28 #8CBD36 #A8D15F #C2DF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#8CBD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#8CBD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBD36

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBD36	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B01E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91B4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 189, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.169 127.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d176',
    500: '#8cbd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbd36;
$custom-light: #b1d176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.778,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7381,
    "c": 0.16871,
    "h": 127.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBD36

secondary

#9E85C9

accent

#49DF7F

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111409

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBD36

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

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