#8CA52A#8CA52A

#8CA52A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.147 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA52A
RGB	rgb(140, 165, 42)
HSL	hsl(72, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(72, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 0%, 74.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.88, -25.28, 56.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.88, 62.24, 113.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68% -0.0747 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.147 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6887, 32.6529, 7.1921)
Luminance	0.3265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA52A #432AA5

analogous

#A5802A #8CA52A #4EA52A

triadic

#8CA52A #2A8CA5 #A52A8C

tetradic

#8CA52A #2AA580 #432AA5 #A52A4E

square

#8CA52A #2AA580 #432AA5 #A52A4E

split-complementary

#8CA52A #2A4EA5 #802AA5

monochromatic

#394311 #63741E #8CA52A #B1CE3E #C5DA6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#8CA52A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#8CA52A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA52A

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA52A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA52A	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca52a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 165, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.147 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bf6d',
    500: '#8ca52a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca52a;
$custom-light: #b1bf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca52a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.195,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67998,
    "c": 0.14655,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA52A

secondary

#7B69C1

accent

#45E365

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F7EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111207

muted

#80817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA52A

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

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