#8CBD37#8CBD37

#8CBD37 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.168 H 127.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBD37
RGB	rgb(140, 189, 55)
HSL	hsl(82, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(82, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 0%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -35.87, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 69.24, 121.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.1026 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.168 127.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7024, 42.2459, 10.2031)
Luminance	0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBD37 #6837BD

analogous

#BDAB37 #8CBD37 #49BD37

triadic

#8CBD37 #378CBD #BD378C

tetradic

#8CBD37 #37BDAB #6837BD #BD3749

square

#8CBD37 #37BDAB #6837BD #BD3749

split-complementary

#8CBD37 #3749BD #AB37BD

monochromatic

#465E1B #698E29 #8CBD37 #A8D160 #C2DF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#8CBD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#8CBD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBD37

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBD37	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)

#C6B020

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91B4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 189, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.168 127.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d176',
    500: '#8cbd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbd37;
$custom-light: #b1d176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.94,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73818,
    "c": 0.16807,
    "h": 127.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBD37

secondary

#9F86C9

accent

#4ADE80

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111409

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBD37

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

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