#8CB421#8CB421

#8CB421 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.169 H 124.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB421
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 33)
HSL	hsl(76, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(76, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 81.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -32.85, 63.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 71.66, 117.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.0961 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.169 124.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4113, 38.3275, 7.3924)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB421 #4921B4

analogous

#B49321 #8CB421 #42B421

triadic

#8CB421 #218CB4 #B4218C

tetradic

#8CB421 #21B493 #4921B4 #B42142

square

#8CB421 #21B493 #4921B4 #B42142

split-complementary

#8CB421 #2142B4 #9321B4

monochromatic

#3C4D0E #648018 #8CB421 #AEDA38 #C3E46B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8CB421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#8CB421 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB421

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB421	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93AB9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.169 124.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ca6b',
    500: '#8cb421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb421;
$custom-light: #b2ca6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.327,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71527,
    "c": 0.16895,
    "h": 124.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB421

secondary

#8267CA

accent

#3CEC6C

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB421

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

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