#8CA236#8CA236

#8CA236 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.135 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA236
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 54)
HSL	hsl(72, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(72, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 0%, 66.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.08, -23.08, 51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.08, 56.41, 114.15°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% -0.0675 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.135 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4018, 31.6825, 8.3191)
Luminance	0.3168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA236 #4C36A2

analogous

#A28236 #8CA236 #56A236

triadic

#8CA236 #368CA2 #A2368C

tetradic

#8CA236 #36A282 #4C36A2 #A23656

square

#8CA236 #36A282 #4C36A2 #A23656

split-complementary

#8CA236 #3656A2 #8236A2

monochromatic

#3D4617 #647427 #8CA236 #ADC550 #C3D47E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#8CA236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#8CA236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA236

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA236	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.135 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bd73',
    500: '#8ca236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca236;
$custom-light: #b0bd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.222,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67381,
    "c": 0.13478,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA236

secondary

#8577BD

accent

#4EDA6B

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111208

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA236

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

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