#8CA22A#8CA22A

#8CA22A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.143 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA22A
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 42)
HSL	hsl(71, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(71, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 0%, 74.1%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.00, -23.80, 56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.00, 60.87, 113.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.29% -0.0706 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(67.29% 0.143 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1539, 31.5834, 7.0138)
Luminance	0.3158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA22A #402AA2

analogous

#A27C2A #8CA22A #50A22A

triadic

#8CA22A #2A8CA2 #A22A8C

tetradic

#8CA22A #2AA27C #402AA2 #A22A50

square

#8CA22A #2AA27C #402AA2 #A22A50

split-complementary

#8CA22A #2A50A2 #7C2AA2

monochromatic

#384111 #62711D #8CA22A #B2CD3D #C5D96D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#8CA22A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#8CA22A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA22A

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA22A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA22A	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9912

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94998B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca22a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.143 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bd6c',
    500: '#8ca22a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca22a;
$custom-light: #b1bd6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca22a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67288,
    "c": 0.14296,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA22A

secondary

#7868C0

accent

#46E262

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111207

muted

#80817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA22A

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

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