#8CA016#8CA016

#8CA016 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.150 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA016
RGB	rgb(140, 160, 22)
HSL	hsl(69, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(69, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 0%, 86.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.32, -23.62, 61.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.32, 65.67, 111.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% -0.0716 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.15 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5314, 30.7752, 5.4595)
Luminance	0.3078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA016 #2A16A0

analogous

#A06F16 #8CA016 #47A016

triadic

#8CA016 #168CA0 #A0168C

tetradic

#8CA016 #16A06F #2A16A0 #A01647

square

#8CA016 #16A06F #2A16A0 #A01647

split-complementary

#8CA016 #1647A0 #6F16A0

monochromatic

#2E3407 #5D6A0F #8CA016 #BBD61D #D0E64A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#8CA016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#8CA016 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA016

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA016	1.00	2.94	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 160, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.150 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2bc64',
    500: '#8ca016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca016;
$custom-light: #b2bc64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.696,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66711,
    "c": 0.1502,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA016

secondary

#5C4AC8

accent

#35F251

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA016

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

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