#8CB321#8CB321

#8CB321 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.168 H 124.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB321
RGB	rgb(140, 179, 33)
HSL	hsl(76, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(76, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 81.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -32.39, 63.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 71.22, 117.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.0948 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.168 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2101, 37.9252, 7.3253)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB321 #4821B3

analogous

#B39121 #8CB321 #43B321

triadic

#8CB321 #218CB3 #B3218C

tetradic

#8CB321 #21B391 #4821B3 #B32143

square

#8CB321 #21B391 #4821B3 #B32143

split-complementary

#8CB321 #2143B3 #9121B3

monochromatic

#3B4C0E #647F17 #8CB321 #AFDA37 #C3E46B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#8CB321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#8CB321 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB321

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB321	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)

#BDA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93AA99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 179, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.168 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c96b',
    500: '#8cb321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb321;
$custom-light: #b2c96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.027,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71287,
    "c": 0.16777,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB321

secondary

#8166CA

accent

#3CEC6B

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB321

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

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