#8CA140#8CA140
#8CA140 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.125 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8CA140 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(140, 161, 64) |
| HSL | hsl(73, 43%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(73, 60%, 63%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(13%, 0%, 60.2%, 36.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(62.87, -21.82, 46.89) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(62.87, 51.72, 114.96°) |
| OKLab | oklab(67.24% -0.063 0.1083) |
| OKLCH | oklch(67.24% 0.125 120.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(24.4858, 31.4354, 9.6272) |
| Luminance | 0.3144 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Avocado Green
#87A922
ΔE00 4.49
Vomit Green
#89A203
ΔE00 5.08
Baby Shit Green
#889717
ΔE00 5.13
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 5.27
Avocado (survey)
#90B134
ΔE00 5.34
Icky Green
#8FAE22
ΔE00 5.50
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8CA140 #5540A1
analogous
#A18640 #8CA140 #5CA140
triadic
#8CA140 #408CA1 #A1408C
tetradic
#8CA140 #40A186 #5540A1 #A1405C
square
#8CA140 #40A186 #5540A1 #A1405C
split-complementary
#8CA140 #405CA1 #8640A1
monochromatic
#40491D #66752F #8CA140 #AABF5F #C2D18B
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.88
#8CA140 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.29
#8CA140 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #8CA140
7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8CA140 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8CA140 | 1.00 | 2.88 | 7.29 | 7.29 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.88 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.29 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.29 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AA9835
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A89846
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#93998C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#989898
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8ca140; /* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 161, 64); /* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.125 120.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b0bc79',
500: '#8ca140',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8ca140; $custom-light: #b0bc79; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8ca140",
"rgb": {
"r": 140,
"g": 161,
"b": 64
},
"hsl": {
"h": 72.99,
"s": 43.111,
"l": 44.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.67243,
"c": 0.12531,
"h": 120.2
},
"luminance": 0.31435
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8CA140
secondary
#8E81BC
accent
#55D370
background
#FBFBF7
surface
#F6F6EE
border
#D0D0C9
text
#111209
muted
#80817B