#8CB221#8CB221

#8CB221 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.167 H 124.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB221
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 33)
HSL	hsl(76, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(76, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 81.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, -31.92, 63.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 70.77, 116.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0935 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.167 124.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0104, 37.5258, 7.2587)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB221 #4721B2

analogous

#B29021 #8CB221 #44B221

triadic

#8CB221 #218CB2 #B2218C

tetradic

#8CB221 #21B290 #4721B2 #B22144

square

#8CB221 #21B290 #4721B2 #B22144

split-complementary

#8CB221 #2144B2 #9021B2

monochromatic

#3B4B0E #637E17 #8CB221 #AFDA36 #C4E36A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#8CB221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#8CB221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB221

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB221	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93A998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.167 124.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c96b',
    500: '#8cb221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb221;
$custom-light: #b2c96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.724,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71048,
    "c": 0.1666,
    "h": 124.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB221

secondary

#8066C9

accent

#3CEC6A

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB221

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

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