#8CA021#8CA021

#8CA021 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.146 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA021
RGB	rgb(140, 160, 33)
HSL	hsl(69, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(69, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 0%, 79.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.36, -23.23, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.36, 62.85, 111.69°)
OKLab	oklab(66.76% -0.0698 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(66.76% 0.146 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6611, 30.8271, 6.1423)
Luminance	0.3083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA021 #3521A0

analogous

#A07421 #8CA021 #4CA021

triadic

#8CA021 #218CA0 #A0218C

tetradic

#8CA021 #21A074 #3521A0 #A0214C

square

#8CA021 #21A074 #3521A0 #A0214C

split-complementary

#8CA021 #214CA0 #7421A0

monochromatic

#333B0C #606D17 #8CA021 #B8D32B #CADE5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#8CA021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#8CA021 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA021

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA021	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9972D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 160, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.146 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bc68',
    500: '#8ca021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca021;
$custom-light: #b1bc68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.449,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6676,
    "c": 0.14556,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA021

secondary

#6B5BC2

accent

#3FE95A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111207

muted

#80817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA021

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

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