#8CB41B#8CB41B

#8CB41B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.171 H 124.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB41B
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 27)
HSL	hsl(76, 74%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(76, 85%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 85%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -33.06, 65.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 73.07, 116.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.097 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.171 124.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3346, 38.2968, 6.9886)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB41B #431BB4

analogous

#B48F1B #8CB41B #40B41B

triadic

#8CB41B #1B8CB4 #B41B8C

tetradic

#8CB41B #1BB48F #431BB4 #B41B40

square

#8CB41B #1BB48F #431BB4 #B41B40

split-complementary

#8CB41B #1B40B4 #8F1BB4

monochromatic

#394A0B #637F13 #8CB41B #B1DF2D #C5E762

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#8CB41B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#8CB41B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB41B

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB41B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB41B	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A62E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93AB99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb41b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.171 124.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ca69',
    500: '#8cb41b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb41b;
$custom-light: #b2ca69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb41b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.686,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71501,
    "c": 0.1713,
    "h": 124.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB41B

secondary

#7B5FCC

accent

#37F168

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB41B

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

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