#8CB225#8CB225

#8CB225 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.165 H 124.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB225
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 37)
HSL	hsl(76, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(76, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 79.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, -31.75, 62.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 69.70, 117.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0928 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.165 124.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0698, 37.5495, 7.5716)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB225 #4B25B2

analogous

#B29125 #8CB225 #46B225

triadic

#8CB225 #258CB2 #B2258C

tetradic

#8CB225 #25B291 #4B25B2 #B22546

square

#8CB225 #25B291 #4B25B2 #B22546

split-complementary

#8CB225 #2546B2 #9125B2

monochromatic

#3C4D10 #647F1A #8CB225 #ADD73D #C3E170

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#8CB225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#8CB225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB225

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB225	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)

#B7A434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93A998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.165 124.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c96c',
    500: '#8cb225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb225;
$custom-light: #b2c96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.17,
    "s": 65.581,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71067,
    "c": 0.16477,
    "h": 124.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB225

secondary

#846BC8

accent

#3FE96D

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB225

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

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