#8CB22C#8CB22C

#8CB22C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.161 H 124.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB22C
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 44)
HSL	hsl(77, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(77, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 75.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -31.42, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 67.61, 117.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0914 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.161 124.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1905, 37.5978, 8.2070)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB22C #522CB2

analogous

#B2952C #8CB22C #49B22C

triadic

#8CB22C #2C8CB2 #B22C8C

tetradic

#8CB22C #2CB295 #522CB2 #B22C49

square

#8CB22C #2CB295 #522CB2 #B22C49

split-complementary

#8CB22C #2C49B2 #952CB2

monochromatic

#3F5014 #658120 #8CB22C #ABD249 #C2DE7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8CB22C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#8CB22C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB22C

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB22C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB22C	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	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)

#BCA60D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93A999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb22c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.161 124.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c96f',
    500: '#8cb22c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb22c;
$custom-light: #b1c96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb22c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.015,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71108,
    "c": 0.16112,
    "h": 124.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB22C

secondary

#8B73C6

accent

#44E471

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB22C

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

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