#8DB42B#8DB42B

#8DB42B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.164 H 124.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DB42B
RGB	rgb(141, 180, 43)
HSL	hsl(77, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(77, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 0%, 76.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -32.01, 60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 68.74, 117.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.0931 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.164 124.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7421, 38.4794, 8.2507)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DB42B #522BB4

analogous

#B4962B #8DB42B #48B42B

triadic

#8DB42B #2B8DB4 #B42B8D

tetradic

#8DB42B #2BB496 #522BB4 #B42B48

square

#8DB42B #2BB496 #522BB4 #B42B48

split-complementary

#8DB42B #2B48B4 #962BB4

monochromatic

#405113 #66831F #8DB42B #ACD349 #C2DF7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#8DB42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#8DB42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DB42B

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DB42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DB42B	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA808

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94AB9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8db42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 180, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.164 124.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ca6f',
    500: '#8db42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8db42b;
$custom-light: #b2ca6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8db42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.08,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71648,
    "c": 0.16363,
    "h": 124.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DB42B

secondary

#8B73C7

accent

#43E571

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DB42B

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

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