#8CB228#8CB228

#8CB228 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.163 H 124.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB228
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 40)
HSL	hsl(77, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(77, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 77.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, -31.62, 61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 68.84, 117.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.0922 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.163 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1189, 37.5692, 7.8299)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB228 #4E28B2

analogous

#B29328 #8CB228 #47B228

triadic

#8CB228 #288CB2 #B2288C

tetradic

#8CB228 #28B293 #4E28B2 #B22847

square

#8CB228 #28B293 #4E28B2 #B22847

split-complementary

#8CB228 #2847B2 #9328B2

monochromatic

#3D4E12 #65801D #8CB228 #ACD543 #C2E075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#8CB228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#8CB228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB228

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB228	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)

#B7A536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93A998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.163 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c96e',
    500: '#8cb228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb228;
$custom-light: #b1c96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.522,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71084,
    "c": 0.16328,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB228

secondary

#876FC7

accent

#41E66F

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB228

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

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