#8CB429#8CB429

#8CB429 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.165 H 124.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB429
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 41)
HSL	hsl(77, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(77, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 77.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -32.51, 61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 69.46, 117.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.0946 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.165 124.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5370, 38.3777, 8.0543)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB429 #5129B4

analogous

#B49629 #8CB429 #46B429

triadic

#8CB429 #298CB4 #B4298C

tetradic

#8CB429 #29B496 #5129B4 #B42946

square

#8CB429 #29B496 #5129B4 #B42946

split-complementary

#8CB429 #2946B4 #9629B4

monochromatic

#3E5012 #65821E #8CB429 #ACD545 #C2E077

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8CB429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#8CB429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB429

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB429	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA801

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93AB9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.165 124.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ca6e',
    500: '#8cb429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb429;
$custom-light: #b2ca6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.266,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71568,
    "c": 0.16516,
    "h": 124.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB429

secondary

#8A71C8

accent

#42E671

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB429

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

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