#8CB01B#8CB01B

#8CB01B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.167 H 123.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB01B
RGB	rgb(140, 176, 27)
HSL	hsl(74, 73%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(74, 85%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 0%, 84.7%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, -31.19, 64.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 71.33, 115.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% -0.0919 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.167 123.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5388, 36.7051, 6.7233)
Luminance	0.3670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB01B #3F1BB0

analogous

#B08A1B #8CB01B #41B01B

triadic

#8CB01B #1B8CB0 #B01B8C

tetradic

#8CB01B #1BB08A #3F1BB0 #B01B41

square

#8CB01B #1BB08A #3F1BB0 #B01B41

split-complementary

#8CB01B #1B41B0 #8A1BB0

monochromatic

#38460B #627B13 #8CB01B #B3DE2A #C6E65F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#8CB01B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#8CB01B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB01B

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB01B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB01B	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb01b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 176, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.167 123.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c768',
    500: '#8cb01b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb01b;
$custom-light: #b2c768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb01b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.497,
    "s": 73.399,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70543,
    "c": 0.16667,
    "h": 123.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB01B

secondary

#775CCB

accent

#38F064

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EB

border

#D0D1C6

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB01B

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

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