#8CBE40#8CBE40

#8CBE40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.163 H 128.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBE40
RGB	rgb(140, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(84, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(84, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 0%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -35.71, 56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 66.51, 122.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.1014 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.163 128.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1540, 42.7718, 11.5166)
Luminance	0.4277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBE40 #7240BE

analogous

#BEB140 #8CBE40 #4DBE40

triadic

#8CBE40 #408CBE #BE408C

tetradic

#8CBE40 #40BEB1 #7240BE #BE404D

square

#8CBE40 #40BEB1 #7240BE #BE404D

split-complementary

#8CBE40 #404DBE #B140BE

monochromatic

#496221 #6A9031 #8CBE40 #A8CE6D #C3DD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#8CBE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#8CBE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBE40

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBE40	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B12F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90B6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbe40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.163 128.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d27b',
    500: '#8cbe40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbe40;
$custom-light: #b1d27b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbe40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.81,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7413,
    "c": 0.16319,
    "h": 128.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBE40

secondary

#A790C9

accent

#4FD986

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9EE

border

#D0D2C9

text

#11140A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBE40

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

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