#8CBE35#8CBE35

#8CBE35 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.171 H 127.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBE35
RGB	rgb(140, 190, 53)
HSL	hsl(82, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(82, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 0%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -36.45, 60.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 70.41, 121.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.1044 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.171 127.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8713, 42.6588, 10.0276)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBE35 #6735BE

analogous

#BEAC35 #8CBE35 #47BE35

triadic

#8CBE35 #358CBE #BE358C

tetradic

#8CBE35 #35BEAC #6735BE #BE3547

square

#8CBE35 #35BEAC #6735BE #BE3547

split-complementary

#8CBE35 #3547BE #AC35BE

monochromatic

#455E1A #698E28 #8CBE35 #A8D25E #C2DF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#8CBE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#8CBE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBE35

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBE35	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B11C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91B5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbe35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 190, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.171 127.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d275',
    500: '#8cbe35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbe35;
$custom-light: #b2d275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbe35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.898,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74043,
    "c": 0.17058,
    "h": 127.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBE35

secondary

#9E85CA

accent

#48E07F

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111409

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBE35

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

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