#8CA22B#8CA22B

#8CA22B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.142 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA22B
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 43)
HSL	hsl(71, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(71, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 0%, 73.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.00, -23.75, 55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.00, 60.53, 113.10°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% -0.0704 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.142 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1721, 31.5907, 7.1092)
Luminance	0.3159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA22B #412BA2

analogous

#A27C2B #8CA22B #51A22B

triadic

#8CA22B #2B8CA2 #A22B8C

tetradic

#8CA22B #2BA27C #412BA2 #A22B51

square

#8CA22B #2BA27C #412BA2 #A22B51

split-complementary

#8CA22B #2B51A2 #7C2BA2

monochromatic

#384111 #62721E #8CA22B #B2CC3E #C5D96F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#8CA22B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#8CA22B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA22B

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA22B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA22B	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)

#AD9914

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94998B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.142 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bd6d',
    500: '#8ca22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca22b;
$custom-light: #b1bd6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.092,
    "s": 58.049,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67295,
    "c": 0.14235,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA22B

secondary

#7969C0

accent

#47E163

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111207

muted

#80817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA22B

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

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