#8CA449#8CA449

#8CA449 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.121 H 122.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA449
RGB	rgb(140, 164, 73)
HSL	hsl(76, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(76, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 0%, 55.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, -22.54, 43.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 49.23, 117.24°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% -0.0641 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.121 122)
XYZ	xyz(25.2935, 32.6074, 11.2634)
Luminance	0.3261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA449 #6149A4

analogous

#A48F49 #8CA449 #5FA449

triadic

#8CA449 #498CA4 #A4498C

tetradic

#8CA449 #49A48F #6149A4 #A4495F

square

#8CA449 #49A48F #6149A4 #A4495F

split-complementary

#8CA449 #495FA4 #8F49A4

monochromatic

#444F23 #687A36 #8CA449 #A8BE6C #C1D197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#8CA449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#8CA449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA449

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA449	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 164, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.121 122.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbf7f',
    500: '#8ca449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca449;
$custom-light: #afbf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.824,
    "s": 38.397,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68051,
    "c": 0.12103,
    "h": 122
  },
  "luminance": 0.32607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA449

secondary

#998CBD

accent

#59CE78

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F7EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#11120A

muted

#80817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA449

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

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