#8CB42F#8CB42F

#8CB42F is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.162 H 125.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB42F
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 47)
HSL	hsl(78, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(78, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 73.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -32.20, 59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 67.59, 118.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.0932 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.162 125.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6498, 38.4229, 8.6484)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB42F #572FB4

analogous

#B49A2F #8CB42F #4AB42F

triadic

#8CB42F #2F8CB4 #B42F8C

tetradic

#8CB42F #2FB49A #572FB4 #B42F4A

square

#8CB42F #2FB49A #572FB4 #B42F4A

split-complementary

#8CB42F #2F4AB4 #9A2FB4

monochromatic

#415316 #668322 #8CB42F #AAD14F #C1DE80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8CB42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#8CB42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB42F

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB42F	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)

#BEA814

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AB9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.162 125.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ca71',
    500: '#8cb42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb42f;
$custom-light: #b1ca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.045,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71606,
    "c": 0.16184,
    "h": 125.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB42F

secondary

#9078C7

accent

#46E275

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB42F

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

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