#8CBD38#8CBD38

#8CBD38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.167 H 127.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBD38
RGB	rgb(140, 189, 56)
HSL	hsl(82, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(82, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 0%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -35.81, 58.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 68.90, 121.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.1024 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.167 127.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7266, 42.2555, 10.3306)
Luminance	0.4226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBD38 #6938BD

analogous

#BDAB38 #8CBD38 #49BD38

triadic

#8CBD38 #388CBD #BD388C

tetradic

#8CBD38 #38BDAB #6938BD #BD3849

square

#8CBD38 #38BDAB #6938BD #BD3849

split-complementary

#8CBD38 #3849BD #AB38BD

monochromatic

#465F1C #698E2A #8CBD38 #A8D062 #C2DE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#8CBD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#8CBD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBD38

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBD38	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)

#C6B022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91B4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 189, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.167 127.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d177',
    500: '#8cbd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbd38;
$custom-light: #b1d177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.105,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73825,
    "c": 0.16743,
    "h": 127.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBD38

secondary

#A087C9

accent

#4ADE80

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111409

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBD38

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

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