#8CBE2F#8CBE2F

#8CBE2F is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.174 H 127.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBE2F
RGB	rgb(140, 190, 47)
HSL	hsl(81, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(81, 75%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 0%, 75.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -36.79, 62.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 72.33, 120.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.1058 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.174 127.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7418, 42.6070, 9.3458)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBE2F #612FBE

analogous

#BEA92F #8CBE2F #45BE2F

triadic

#8CBE2F #2F8CBE #BE2F8C

tetradic

#8CBE2F #2FBEA9 #612FBE #BE2F45

square

#8CBE2F #2FBEA9 #612FBE #BE2F45

split-complementary

#8CBE2F #2F45BE #A92FBE

monochromatic

#445C17 #688D23 #8CBE2F #A8D555 #C1E186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#8CBE2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#8CBE2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBE2F

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBE2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBE2F	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)

#C8B10D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91B5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbe2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 190, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.174 127.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d272',
    500: '#8cbe2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbe2f;
$custom-light: #b2d272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbe2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.979,
    "s": 60.338,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74003,
    "c": 0.17407,
    "h": 127.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBE2F

secondary

#997ECB

accent

#44E37C

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111409

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBE2F

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

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