#8CB21F#8CB21F

#8CB21F is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.167 H 124.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB21F
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 31)
HSL	hsl(76, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(76, 83%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 82.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, -31.99, 63.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 71.27, 116.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.0939 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.167 124.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9833, 37.5149, 7.1156)
Luminance	0.3751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB21F #451FB2

analogous

#B28E1F #8CB21F #42B21F

triadic

#8CB21F #1F8CB2 #B21F8C

tetradic

#8CB21F #1FB28E #451FB2 #B21F42

square

#8CB21F #1FB28E #451FB2 #B21F42

split-complementary

#8CB21F #1F42B2 #8E1FB2

monochromatic

#3A4A0D #637E16 #8CB21F #B0DB33 #C4E567

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#8CB21F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#8CB21F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB21F

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB21F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB21F	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93A998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb21f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.167 124.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c96a',
    500: '#8cb21f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb21f;
$custom-light: #b2c96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb21f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.51,
    "s": 70.335,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71038,
    "c": 0.16744,
    "h": 124.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB21F

secondary

#7E63CA

accent

#3BED69

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB21F

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

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