#8CB22A#8CB22A

#8CB22A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.162 H 124.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB22A
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 42)
HSL	hsl(77, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(77, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 76.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, -31.52, 60.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 68.23, 117.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0918 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.162 124.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1538, 37.5831, 8.0137)
Luminance	0.3758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB22A #502AB2

analogous

#B2942A #8CB22A #48B22A

triadic

#8CB22A #2A8CB2 #B22A8C

tetradic

#8CB22A #2AB294 #502AB2 #B22A48

square

#8CB22A #2AB294 #502AB2 #B22A48

split-complementary

#8CB22A #2A48B2 #942AB2

monochromatic

#3E4F13 #65801E #8CB22A #ACD346 #C2DF77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#8CB22A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#8CB22A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB22A

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB22A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB22A	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA606

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93A998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb22a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.162 124.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c96e',
    500: '#8cb22a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb22a;
$custom-light: #b1c96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb22a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.765,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71096,
    "c": 0.16222,
    "h": 124.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB22A

secondary

#8971C7

accent

#43E570

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB22A

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

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