#8CB242#8CB242

#8CB242 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.146 H 125.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB242
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(80, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(80, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -29.97, 51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 59.59, 120.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.0855 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.146 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7191, 37.8092, 10.9908)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB242 #6842B2

analogous

#B2A042 #8CB242 #54B242

triadic

#8CB242 #428CB2 #B2428C

tetradic

#8CB242 #42B2A0 #6842B2 #B24254

square

#8CB242 #42B2A0 #6842B2 #B24254

split-complementary

#8CB242 #4254B2 #A042B2

monochromatic

#465921 #698531 #8CB242 #A8C86A #C2D896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#8CB242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#8CB242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB242

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB242	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.146 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c97b',
    500: '#8cb242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb242;
$custom-light: #b0c97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.357,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71285,
    "c": 0.14599,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB242

secondary

#9F8CC4

accent

#52D67F

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB242

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

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