#8CB427#8CB427

#8CB427 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.166 H 124.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB427
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 39)
HSL	hsl(77, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(77, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 78.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -32.60, 62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 70.04, 117.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.095 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.166 124.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5029, 38.3641, 7.8751)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB427 #4F27B4

analogous

#B49527 #8CB427 #46B427

triadic

#8CB427 #278CB4 #B4278C

tetradic

#8CB427 #27B495 #4F27B4 #B42746

square

#8CB427 #27B495 #4F27B4 #B42746

split-complementary

#8CB427 #2746B4 #9527B4

monochromatic

#3E4F11 #65821C #8CB427 #ACD642 #C2E174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8CB427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#8CB427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB427

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB427	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)

#B9A635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93AB9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.166 124.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ca6d',
    500: '#8cb427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb427;
$custom-light: #b2ca6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.021,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71557,
    "c": 0.16618,
    "h": 124.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB427

secondary

#886FC8

accent

#40E770

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB427

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

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