#8CBD4E#8CBD4E

#8CBD4E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.151 H 129.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBD4E
RGB	rgb(140, 189, 78)
HSL	hsl(86, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(86, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 0%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -34.09, 49.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 60.43, 124.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0958 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.151 129.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3877, 42.5200, 13.8124)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBD4E #7F4EBD

analogous

#BDB64E #8CBD4E #55BD4E

triadic

#8CBD4E #4E8CBD #BD4E8C

tetradic

#8CBD4E #4EBDB6 #7F4EBD #BD4E55

square

#8CBD4E #4EBDB6 #7F4EBD #BD4E55

split-complementary

#8CBD4E #4E55BD #B64EBD

monochromatic

#4C6927 #6C9638 #8CBD4E #A9CE7B #C6DEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#8CBD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#8CBD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBD4E

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBD4E	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FB5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 189, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.151 129.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d183',
    500: '#8cbd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbd4e;
$custom-light: #b0d183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.486,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7403,
    "c": 0.15069,
    "h": 129.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBD4E

secondary

#B19BCC

accent

#52D58C

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9EF

border

#D0D2CA

text

#11140B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBD4E

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

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