#8CA42B#8CA42B

#8CA42B 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	#8CA42B
RGB	rgb(140, 164, 43)
HSL	hsl(72, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(72, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 0%, 73.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.59, -24.74, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.59, 61.45, 113.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% -0.0731 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.145 120.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5272, 32.3009, 7.2276)
Luminance	0.3230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA42B #432BA4

analogous

#A47F2B #8CA42B #4FA42B

triadic

#8CA42B #2B8CA4 #A42B8C

tetradic

#8CA42B #2BA47F #432BA4 #A42B4F

square

#8CA42B #2BA47F #432BA4 #A42B4F

split-complementary

#8CA42B #2B4FA4 #7F2BA4

monochromatic

#394312 #63741E #8CA42B #B1CD3F #C5D970

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#8CA42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#8CA42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA42B

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA42B	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	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)

#AE9A13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 164, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.145 120.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bf6d',
    500: '#8ca42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca42b;
$custom-light: #b1bf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.901,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67768,
    "c": 0.14474,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA42B

secondary

#7B6AC1

accent

#46E265

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111208

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA42B

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

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