#8CA42C#8CA42C

#8CA42C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.144 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA42C
RGB	rgb(140, 164, 44)
HSL	hsl(72, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(72, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 0%, 73.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, -24.68, 55.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 61.10, 113.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% -0.0729 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.144 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5457, 32.3083, 7.3254)
Luminance	0.3231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA42C #442CA4

analogous

#A4802C #8CA42C #50A42C

triadic

#8CA42C #2C8CA4 #A42C8C

tetradic

#8CA42C #2CA480 #442CA4 #A42C50

square

#8CA42C #2CA480 #442CA4 #A42C50

split-complementary

#8CA42C #2C50A4 #802CA4

monochromatic

#3A4312 #63741F #8CA42C #B0CC41 #C4D971

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#8CA42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#8CA42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA42C

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA42C	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)

#AE9A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 164, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.144 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bf6e',
    500: '#8ca42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca42c;
$custom-light: #b1bf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67775,
    "c": 0.14413,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA42C

secondary

#7C6BC0

accent

#47E166

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111208

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA42C

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

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