#8CA042#8CA042

#8CA042 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.122 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA042
RGB	rgb(140, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(73, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(73, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 0%, 58.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, -21.15, 45.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 50.32, 114.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.03% -0.0609 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(67.03% 0.122 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.3697, 31.1105, 9.8743)
Luminance	0.3111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA042 #5642A0

analogous

#A08542 #8CA042 #5DA042

triadic

#8CA042 #428CA0 #A0428C

tetradic

#8CA042 #42A085 #5642A0 #A0425D

square

#8CA042 #42A085 #5642A0 #A0425D

split-complementary

#8CA042 #425DA0 #8542A0

monochromatic

#40491E #667530 #8CA042 #AABE61 #C2D08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#8CA042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#8CA042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA042

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA042	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.122 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bc7a',
    500: '#8ca042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca042;
$custom-light: #b0bc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.766,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6703,
    "c": 0.12221,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA042

secondary

#8F83BB

accent

#56D171

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#111209

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA042

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

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