#8CA524#8CA524

#8CA524 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.150 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA524
RGB	rgb(140, 165, 36)
HSL	hsl(72, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(72, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 0%, 78.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.85, -25.57, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.85, 64.15, 113.49°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% -0.076 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.15 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5893, 32.6132, 6.6683)
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

#8CA524 #3D24A5

analogous

#A57E24 #8CA524 #4CA524

triadic

#8CA524 #248CA5 #A5248C

tetradic

#8CA524 #24A57E #3D24A5 #A5244C

square

#8CA524 #24A57E #3D24A5 #A5244C

split-complementary

#8CA524 #244CA5 #7E24A5

monochromatic

#37410E #617319 #8CA524 #B4D334 #C6DE66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#8CA524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#8CA524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA524

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA524	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)

#AD9B31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 165, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.150 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bf6a',
    500: '#8ca524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca524;
$custom-light: #b1bf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.628,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67962,
    "c": 0.14987,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA524

secondary

#7562C3

accent

#41E761

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F7EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111207

muted

#80817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA524

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

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