#8CBE38#8CBE38

#8CBE38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.169 H 127.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBE38
RGB	rgb(140, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(82, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(82, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 0%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -36.26, 59.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 69.39, 121.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.1036 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.169 127.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9425, 42.6872, 10.4025)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBE38 #6A38BE

analogous

#BEAD38 #8CBE38 #49BE38

triadic

#8CBE38 #388CBE #BE388C

tetradic

#8CBE38 #38BEAD #6A38BE #BE3849

square

#8CBE38 #38BEAD #6A38BE #BE3849

split-complementary

#8CBE38 #3849BE #AD38BE

monochromatic

#465F1C #698F2A #8CBE38 #A8D162 #C2DF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#8CBE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#8CBE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBE38

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBE38	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)

#C7B122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91B5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbe38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.169 127.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d277',
    500: '#8cbe38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbe38;
$custom-light: #b1d277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbe38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.388,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74065,
    "c": 0.16869,
    "h": 127.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBE38

secondary

#A188CA

accent

#4ADE81

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9EE

border

#D0D2C9

text

#111409

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBE38

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

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