#8CA231#8CA231

#8CA231 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.138 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA231
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(72, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(72, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 0%, 69.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.04, -23.40, 53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.04, 58.36, 113.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% -0.0689 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.138 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2903, 31.6380, 7.7322)
Luminance	0.3164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA231 #4731A2

analogous

#A28031 #8CA231 #54A231

triadic

#8CA231 #318CA2 #A2318C

tetradic

#8CA231 #31A280 #4731A2 #A23154

square

#8CA231 #31A280 #4731A2 #A23154

split-complementary

#8CA231 #3154A2 #8031A2

monochromatic

#3B4415 #637323 #8CA231 #AFC848 #C4D677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#8CA231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#8CA231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA231

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA231	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC991F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94998C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.138 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bd70',
    500: '#8ca231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca231;
$custom-light: #b1bd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.681,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67339,
    "c": 0.1384,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA231

secondary

#8071BE

accent

#4BDD67

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111208

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA231

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

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