#8CA427#8CA427

#8CA427 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.147 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA427
RGB	rgb(140, 164, 39)
HSL	hsl(72, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(72, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 0%, 76.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.57, -24.94, 57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.57, 62.77, 113.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% -0.074 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.147 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4574, 32.2729, 6.8599)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA427 #3F27A4

analogous

#A47E27 #8CA427 #4EA427

triadic

#8CA427 #278CA4 #A4278C

tetradic

#8CA427 #27A47E #3F27A4 #A4274E

square

#8CA427 #27A47E #3F27A4 #A4274E

split-complementary

#8CA427 #274EA4 #7E27A4

monochromatic

#38410F #62731B #8CA427 #B3D038 #C6DC6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#8CA427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#8CA427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA427

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA427	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 164, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.147 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bf6b',
    500: '#8ca427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca427;
$custom-light: #b1bf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.52,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67742,
    "c": 0.14708,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA427

secondary

#7765C2

accent

#43E562

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111207

muted

#80817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA427

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

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