#8CB342#8CB342

#8CB342 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.147 H 126.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB342
RGB	rgb(140, 179, 66)
HSL	hsl(81, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(81, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -30.45, 51.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 60.10, 120.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.0868 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.147 126.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9187, 38.2086, 11.0573)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB342 #6942B3

analogous

#B3A142 #8CB342 #53B342

triadic

#8CB342 #428CB3 #B3428C

tetradic

#8CB342 #42B3A1 #6942B3 #B34253

square

#8CB342 #42B3A1 #6942B3 #B34253

split-complementary

#8CB342 #4253B3 #A142B3

monochromatic

#465A21 #698632 #8CB342 #A8C86A #C2D997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#8CB342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#8CB342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB342

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB342	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91AB9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 179, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.147 126.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ca7b',
    500: '#8cb342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb342;
$custom-light: #b0ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.708,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71523,
    "c": 0.1473,
    "h": 126.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB342

secondary

#A08CC4

accent

#52D67F

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB342

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

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