#8CA01B#8CA01B

#8CA01B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.148 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA01B
RGB	rgb(140, 160, 27)
HSL	hsl(69, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(69, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 0%, 83.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.34, -23.46, 60.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.34, 64.49, 111.33°)
OKLab	oklab(66.73% -0.0708 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(66.73% 0.148 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5844, 30.7964, 5.7386)
Luminance	0.3080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA01B #2F1BA0

analogous

#A0721B #8CA01B #49A01B

triadic

#8CA01B #1B8CA0 #A01B8C

tetradic

#8CA01B #1BA072 #2F1BA0 #A01B49

square

#8CA01B #1BA072 #2F1BA0 #A01B49

split-complementary

#8CA01B #1B49A0 #721BA0

monochromatic

#303709 #5E6C12 #8CA01B #BAD424 #CDE253

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#8CA01B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#8CA01B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA01B

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA01B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA01B	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	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)

#A99729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca01b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 160, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.148 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bc66',
    500: '#8ca01b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca01b;
$custom-light: #b1bc66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca01b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.023,
    "s": 71.123,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66731,
    "c": 0.14829,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA01B

secondary

#6352C5

accent

#3AEE55

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111206

muted

#80817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA01B

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

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