#8CA023#8CA023

#8CA023 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.145 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA023
RGB	rgb(140, 160, 35)
HSL	hsl(70, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(70, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 0%, 78.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, -23.14, 57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 62.25, 111.83°)
OKLab	oklab(66.77% -0.0694 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(66.77% 0.145 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6899, 30.8386, 6.2942)
Luminance	0.3084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA023 #3723A0

analogous

#A07523 #8CA023 #4DA023

triadic

#8CA023 #238CA0 #A0238C

tetradic

#8CA023 #23A075 #3723A0 #A0234D

square

#8CA023 #23A075 #3723A0 #A0234D

split-complementary

#8CA023 #234DA0 #7523A0

monochromatic

#343C0D #606E18 #8CA023 #B7D12F #C9DC61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#8CA023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#8CA023 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA023

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA023	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)

#A9972F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 160, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.145 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bc69',
    500: '#8ca023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca023;
$custom-light: #b1bc69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.6,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66771,
    "c": 0.14454,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA023

secondary

#6D5DC1

accent

#41E75B

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111207

muted

#80817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA023

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

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