#8CBE36#8CBE36

#8CBE36 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.170 H 127.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBE36
RGB	rgb(140, 190, 54)
HSL	hsl(82, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(82, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 0%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -36.39, 59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 70.07, 121.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.1041 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.17 127.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8945, 42.6681, 10.1501)
Luminance	0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBE36 #6836BE

analogous

#BEAC36 #8CBE36 #48BE36

triadic

#8CBE36 #368CBE #BE368C

tetradic

#8CBE36 #36BEAC #6836BE #BE3648

square

#8CBE36 #36BEAC #6836BE #BE3648

split-complementary

#8CBE36 #3648BE #AC36BE

monochromatic

#465F1B #698E28 #8CBE36 #A8D260 #C2DF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#8CBE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#8CBE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBE36

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBE36	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)

#C8B11E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91B5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbe36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 190, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.170 127.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d276',
    500: '#8cbe36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbe36;
$custom-light: #b1d276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbe36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.059,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7405,
    "c": 0.16995,
    "h": 127.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBE36

secondary

#9F86CA

accent

#49DF80

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111409

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBE36

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

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