#8CB31D#8CB31D

#8CB31D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.169 H 124.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB31D
RGB	rgb(140, 179, 29)
HSL	hsl(76, 72%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(76, 84%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 83.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -32.53, 64.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 72.19, 116.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.0954 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.169 124.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1574, 37.9041, 7.0476)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB31D #441DB3

analogous

#B38F1D #8CB31D #41B31D

triadic

#8CB31D #1D8CB3 #B31D8C

tetradic

#8CB31D #1DB38F #441DB3 #B31D41

square

#8CB31D #1DB38F #441DB3 #B31D41

split-complementary

#8CB31D #1D41B3 #8F1DB3

monochromatic

#3A4A0C #637E14 #8CB31D #B0DD30 #C4E664

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#8CB31D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#8CB31D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB31D

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB31D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB31D	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A52F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93AA99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb31d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 179, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.169 124.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c969',
    500: '#8cb31d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb31d;
$custom-light: #b2c969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb31d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.6,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7127,
    "c": 0.1694,
    "h": 124.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB31D

secondary

#7C61CB

accent

#39EF68

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB31D

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

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