#8CA235#8CA235

#8CA235 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.136 H 120.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA235
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 53)
HSL	hsl(72, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(72, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 0%, 67.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, -23.14, 51.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 56.81, 114.04°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% -0.0678 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.136 120)
XYZ	xyz(24.3785, 31.6732, 8.1967)
Luminance	0.3167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA235 #4B35A2

analogous

#A28235 #8CA235 #56A235

triadic

#8CA235 #358CA2 #A2358C

tetradic

#8CA235 #35A282 #4B35A2 #A23556

square

#8CA235 #35A282 #4B35A2 #A23556

split-complementary

#8CA235 #3556A2 #8235A2

monochromatic

#3C4617 #647426 #8CA235 #ADC54F #C3D47D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#8CA235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#8CA235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA235

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA235	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	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)

#AC9926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.136 120.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bd72',
    500: '#8ca235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca235;
$custom-light: #b0bd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.11,
    "s": 50.698,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67372,
    "c": 0.13553,
    "h": 120
  },
  "luminance": 0.31673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA235

secondary

#8475BD

accent

#4EDA6A

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111208

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA235

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

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