#8CB42B#8CB42B

#8CB42B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.164 H 125.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB42B
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 43)
HSL	hsl(78, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(78, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 76.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, -32.41, 60.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 68.86, 118.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.0941 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.164 125)
XYZ	xyz(27.5728, 38.3921, 8.2428)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB42B #532BB4

analogous

#B4972B #8CB42B #47B42B

triadic

#8CB42B #2B8CB4 #B42B8C

tetradic

#8CB42B #2BB497 #532BB4 #B42B47

square

#8CB42B #2BB497 #532BB4 #B42B47

split-complementary

#8CB42B #2B47B4 #972BB4

monochromatic

#3F5113 #66831F #8CB42B #ABD349 #C2DF7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8CB42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#8CB42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB42B

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB42B	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)

#BEA808

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93AB9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.164 125.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ca6f',
    500: '#8cb42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb42b;
$custom-light: #b1ca6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.518,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7158,
    "c": 0.1641,
    "h": 125
  },
  "luminance": 0.38392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB42B

secondary

#8C73C7

accent

#43E572

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB42B

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

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