#8CB224#8CB224

#8CB224 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.165 H 124.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB224
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 36)
HSL	hsl(76, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(76, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 79.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, -31.80, 62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 69.97, 117.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.093 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.165 124.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0544, 37.5434, 7.4900)
Luminance	0.3754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB224 #4A24B2

analogous

#B29124 #8CB224 #45B224

triadic

#8CB224 #248CB2 #B2248C

tetradic

#8CB224 #24B291 #4A24B2 #B22445

square

#8CB224 #24B291 #4A24B2 #B22445

split-complementary

#8CB224 #2445B2 #9124B2

monochromatic

#3C4C0F #647F1A #8CB224 #AED83C #C3E26F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#8CB224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#8CB224 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB224

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB224	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)

#B7A433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93A998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.165 124.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c96c',
    500: '#8cb224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb224;
$custom-light: #b2c96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.056,
    "s": 66.355,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71062,
    "c": 0.16524,
    "h": 124.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB224

secondary

#8369C8

accent

#3FE96C

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB224

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

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