#8CA11B#8CA11B

#8CA11B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.149 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA11B
RGB	rgb(140, 161, 27)
HSL	hsl(69, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(69, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 83.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.63, -23.95, 60.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.63, 64.91, 111.66°)
OKLab	oklab(66.97% -0.0722 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(66.97% 0.149 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.7585, 31.1445, 5.7966)
Luminance	0.3114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA11B #301BA1

analogous

#A1731B #8CA11B #49A11B

triadic

#8CA11B #1B8CA1 #A11B8C

tetradic

#8CA11B #1BA173 #301BA1 #A11B49

square

#8CA11B #1BA173 #301BA1 #A11B49

split-complementary

#8CA11B #1B49A1 #731BA1

monochromatic

#313809 #5E6D12 #8CA11B #BAD524 #CCE254

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#8CA11B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#8CA11B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA11B

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA11B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA11B	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca11b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 161, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.149 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bc66',
    500: '#8ca11b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca11b;
$custom-light: #b1bc66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca11b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.403,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66968,
    "c": 0.14942,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA11B

secondary

#6452C5

accent

#3AEE56

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111206

muted

#80817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA11B

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

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