#8CBE2D#8CBE2D

#8CBE2D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.175 H 127.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBE2D
RGB	rgb(140, 190, 45)
HSL	hsl(81, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(81, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 0%, 76.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, -36.89, 62.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 72.93, 120.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.1062 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.175 127.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7024, 42.5912, 9.1382)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBE2D #5F2DBE

analogous

#BEA72D #8CBE2D #43BE2D

triadic

#8CBE2D #2D8CBE #BE2D8C

tetradic

#8CBE2D #2DBEA7 #5F2DBE #BE2D43

square

#8CBE2D #2DBEA7 #5F2DBE #BE2D43

split-complementary

#8CBE2D #2D43BE #A72DBE

monochromatic

#435B16 #688D21 #8CBE2D #A9D652 #C1E284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#8CBE2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#8CBE2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBE2D

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBE2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBE2D	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B106

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91B5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbe2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 190, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.175 127.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d271',
    500: '#8cbe2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbe2d;
$custom-light: #b2d271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbe2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.69,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73991,
    "c": 0.17515,
    "h": 127.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBE2D

secondary

#977CCB

accent

#43E57B

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111408

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBE2D

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

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