#8CB42E#8CB42E

#8CB42E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.162 H 125.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB42E
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(78, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(78, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -32.25, 59.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 67.91, 118.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.0935 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.162 125.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6298, 38.4149, 8.5434)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB42E #562EB4

analogous

#B4992E #8CB42E #49B42E

triadic

#8CB42E #2E8CB4 #B42E8C

tetradic

#8CB42E #2EB499 #562EB4 #B42E49

square

#8CB42E #2EB499 #562EB4 #B42E49

split-complementary

#8CB42E #2E49B4 #992EB4

monochromatic

#405315 #668322 #8CB42E #AAD24E #C2DE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8CB42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#8CB42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB42E

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB42E	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)

#BEA811

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AB9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.162 125.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ca71',
    500: '#8cb42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb42e;
$custom-light: #b1ca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.91,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71599,
    "c": 0.16242,
    "h": 125.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB42E

secondary

#8F77C7

accent

#45E274

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB42E

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

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