#8CB424#8CB424

#8CB424 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.168 H 124.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB424
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 36)
HSL	hsl(77, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(77, 80%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 80%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -32.73, 62.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 70.88, 117.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.0955 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.168 124.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4552, 38.3450, 7.6236)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB424 #4C24B4

analogous

#B49424 #8CB424 #44B424

triadic

#8CB424 #248CB4 #B4248C

tetradic

#8CB424 #24B494 #4C24B4 #B42444

square

#8CB424 #24B494 #4C24B4 #B42444

split-complementary

#8CB424 #2444B4 #9424B4

monochromatic

#3D4E10 #64811A #8CB424 #ADD83D #C3E270

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8CB424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#8CB424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB424

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB424	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)

#B9A633

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93AB9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.168 124.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ca6c',
    500: '#8cb424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb424;
$custom-light: #b2ca6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.667,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71541,
    "c": 0.16762,
    "h": 124.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB424

secondary

#856BC9

accent

#3EEA6E

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB424

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

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