#8CBE37#8CBE37

#8CBE37 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.169 H 127.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBE37
RGB	rgb(140, 190, 55)
HSL	hsl(82, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(82, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 0%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -36.32, 59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 69.73, 121.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.1039 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.169 127.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9183, 42.6776, 10.2750)
Luminance	0.4268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBE37 #6937BE

analogous

#BEAC37 #8CBE37 #49BE37

triadic

#8CBE37 #378CBE #BE378C

tetradic

#8CBE37 #37BEAC #6937BE #BE3749

square

#8CBE37 #37BEAC #6937BE #BE3749

split-complementary

#8CBE37 #3749BE #AC37BE

monochromatic

#465F1C #698F29 #8CBE37 #A8D161 #C2DF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#8CBE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#8CBE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBE37

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBE37	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B120

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91B5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbe37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 190, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.169 127.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d276',
    500: '#8cbe37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbe37;
$custom-light: #b1d276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbe37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.222,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74058,
    "c": 0.16932,
    "h": 127.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBE37

secondary

#A087CA

accent

#49DE81

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111409

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBE37

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

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