#8CB226#8CB226

#8CB226 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.164 H 124.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB226
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 38)
HSL	hsl(76, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(76, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 78.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, -31.71, 61.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 69.42, 117.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0926 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.164 124.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0858, 37.5559, 7.6554)
Luminance	0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB226 #4C26B2

analogous

#B29226 #8CB226 #46B226

triadic

#8CB226 #268CB2 #B2268C

tetradic

#8CB226 #26B292 #4C26B2 #B22646

square

#8CB226 #26B292 #4C26B2 #B22646

split-complementary

#8CB226 #2646B2 #9226B2

monochromatic

#3D4D10 #64801B #8CB226 #ADD63F #C3E172

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#8CB226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#8CB226 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB226

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB226	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)

#B7A534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93A998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.164 124.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c96d',
    500: '#8cb226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb226;
$custom-light: #b2c96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.286,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71073,
    "c": 0.16429,
    "h": 124.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB226

secondary

#856CC8

accent

#40E86E

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB226

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

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