#8CA523#8CA523

#8CA523 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.150 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA523
RGB	rgb(140, 165, 35)
HSL	hsl(72, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(72, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 0%, 78.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, -25.61, 59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 64.45, 113.42°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% -0.0762 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.15 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5742, 32.6071, 6.5890)
Luminance	0.3261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA523 #3C23A5

analogous

#A57D23 #8CA523 #4BA523

triadic

#8CA523 #238CA5 #A5238C

tetradic

#8CA523 #23A57D #3C23A5 #A5234B

square

#8CA523 #23A57D #3C23A5 #A5234B

split-complementary

#8CA523 #234BA5 #7D23A5

monochromatic

#36400E #617318 #8CA523 #B4D332 #C7DE64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#8CA523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#8CA523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA523

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA523	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)

#B09B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 165, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.150 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bf6a',
    500: '#8ca523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca523;
$custom-light: #b1bf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.538,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67956,
    "c": 0.15037,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA523

secondary

#7360C4

accent

#40E860

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F7EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111207

muted

#80817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA523

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

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