#8CA42D#8CA42D

#8CA42D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.143 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA42D
RGB	rgb(140, 164, 45)
HSL	hsl(72, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(72, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 0%, 72.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, -24.63, 55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 60.75, 113.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% -0.0726 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.144 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5648, 32.3159, 7.4256)
Luminance	0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA42D #452DA4

analogous

#A4802D #8CA42D #50A42D

triadic

#8CA42D #2D8CA4 #A42D8C

tetradic

#8CA42D #2DA480 #452DA4 #A42D50

square

#8CA42D #2DA480 #452DA4 #A42D50

split-complementary

#8CA42D #2D50A4 #802DA4

monochromatic

#3A4413 #637420 #8CA42D #B0CB43 #C4D973

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#8CA42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#8CA42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA42D

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA42D	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)

#AE9A17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 164, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.143 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bf6e',
    500: '#8ca42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca42d;
$custom-light: #b1bf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.101,
    "s": 56.938,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67782,
    "c": 0.1435,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA42D

secondary

#7E6DC0

accent

#48E066

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111208

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA42D

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

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