#8CA227#8CA227

#8CA227 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.145 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA227
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 39)
HSL	hsl(71, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(71, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 0%, 75.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.98, -23.95, 57.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.98, 61.87, 112.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% -0.0713 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.145 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1022, 31.5627, 6.7416)
Luminance	0.3156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA227 #3D27A2

analogous

#A27B27 #8CA227 #4EA227

triadic

#8CA227 #278CA2 #A2278C

tetradic

#8CA227 #27A27B #3D27A2 #A2274E

square

#8CA227 #27A27B #3D27A2 #A2274E

split-complementary

#8CA227 #274EA2 #7B27A2

monochromatic

#373F0F #61711B #8CA227 #B4CF37 #C6DB69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#8CA227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#8CA227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA227

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA227	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD980A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94998B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.145 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bd6b',
    500: '#8ca227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca227;
$custom-light: #b1bd6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.732,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67268,
    "c": 0.14471,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA227

secondary

#7564C1

accent

#43E460

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111207

muted

#80817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA227

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

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