#8CB431#8CB431

#8CB431 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.161 H 125.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB431
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 49)
HSL	hsl(78, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(78, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 72.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -32.08, 58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 66.93, 118.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.0928 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.161 125.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6910, 38.4394, 8.8658)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB431 #5931B4

analogous

#B49B31 #8CB431 #4AB431

triadic

#8CB431 #318CB4 #B4318C

tetradic

#8CB431 #31B49B #5931B4 #B4314A

square

#8CB431 #31B49B #5931B4 #B4314A

split-complementary

#8CB431 #314AB4 #9B31B4

monochromatic

#415417 #678424 #8CB431 #AAD052 #C1DD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8CB431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#8CB431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB431

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB431	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA818

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AB9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.161 125.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ca72',
    500: '#8cb431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb431;
$custom-light: #b1ca72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.321,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71619,
    "c": 0.16063,
    "h": 125.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB431

secondary

#927BC6

accent

#47E076

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB431

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

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