#8CA242#8CA242

#8CA242 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.125 H 120.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA242
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(74, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(74, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 0%, 59.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.19, -22.16, 46.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.19, 51.35, 115.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% -0.0637 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.125 120.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7192, 31.8095, 9.9908)
Luminance	0.3181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA242 #5842A2

analogous

#A28842 #8CA242 #5CA242

triadic

#8CA242 #428CA2 #A2428C

tetradic

#8CA242 #42A288 #5842A2 #A2425C

square

#8CA242 #42A288 #5842A2 #A2425C

split-complementary

#8CA242 #425CA2 #8842A2

monochromatic

#414B1F #667730 #8CA242 #AABF62 #C1D18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#8CA242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#8CA242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA242

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA242	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.125 120.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bd7a',
    500: '#8ca242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca242;
$custom-light: #b0bd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.75,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67499,
    "c": 0.12484,
    "h": 120.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA242

secondary

#9184BC

accent

#56D272

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#111209

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA242

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

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