#8CB042#8CB042

#8CB042 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.143 H 125.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB042
RGB	rgb(140, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(80, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(80, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 0%, 62.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -29.02, 50.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 58.56, 119.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% -0.0828 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.143 125.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3240, 37.0192, 10.8591)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB042 #6642B0

analogous

#B09D42 #8CB042 #55B042

triadic

#8CB042 #428CB0 #B0428C

tetradic

#8CB042 #42B09D #6642B0 #B04255

square

#8CB042 #42B09D #6642B0 #B04255

split-complementary

#8CB042 #4255B0 #9D42B0

monochromatic

#455721 #698331 #8CB042 #A8C769 #C2D795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#8CB042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#8CB042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB042

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB042	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.143 125.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c77b',
    500: '#8cb042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb042;
$custom-light: #b0c77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.636,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70809,
    "c": 0.14335,
    "h": 125.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB042

secondary

#9D8BC3

accent

#53D57D

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB042

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

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