#8CA437#8CA437

#8CA437 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.137 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA437
RGB	rgb(140, 164, 55)
HSL	hsl(73, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(73, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 0%, 66.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.67, -24.00, 51.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.67, 56.98, 114.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% -0.07 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.137 120.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7806, 32.4022, 8.5625)
Luminance	0.3240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA437 #4F37A4

analogous

#A48537 #8CA437 #55A437

triadic

#8CA437 #378CA4 #A4378C

tetradic

#8CA437 #37A485 #4F37A4 #A43755

square

#8CA437 #37A485 #4F37A4 #A43755

split-complementary

#8CA437 #3755A4 #8537A4

monochromatic

#3E4818 #657628 #8CA437 #ACC553 #C2D581

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#8CA437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#8CA437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA437

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA437	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 164, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.137 120.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bf74',
    500: '#8ca437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca437;
$custom-light: #b0bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.211,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67862,
    "c": 0.13653,
    "h": 120.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA437

secondary

#8879BE

accent

#4FD96D

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111208

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA437

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

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