#8CA42A#8CA42A

#8CA42A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.145 H 120.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA42A
RGB	rgb(140, 164, 42)
HSL	hsl(72, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(72, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 0%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.58, -24.79, 56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.58, 61.78, 113.66°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% -0.0733 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.145 120.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5090, 32.2936, 7.1322)
Luminance	0.3229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA42A #422AA4

analogous

#A47F2A #8CA42A #4FA42A

triadic

#8CA42A #2A8CA4 #A42A8C

tetradic

#8CA42A #2AA47F #422AA4 #A42A4F

square

#8CA42A #2AA47F #422AA4 #A42A4F

split-complementary

#8CA42A #2A4FA4 #7F2AA4

monochromatic

#394311 #62731E #8CA42A #B1CD3E #C5DA6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#8CA42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#8CA42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA42A

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA42A	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 164, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.145 120.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bf6d',
    500: '#8ca42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca42a;
$custom-light: #b1bf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.803,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67761,
    "c": 0.14535,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA42A

secondary

#7A69C1

accent

#45E264

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111207

muted

#80817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA42A

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

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