#8CA538#8CA538

#8CA538 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.137 H 121.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA538
RGB	rgb(140, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(74, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(74, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 0%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, -24.43, 51.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 57.07, 115.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% -0.071 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.137 121.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9845, 32.7713, 8.7499)
Luminance	0.3277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA538 #5138A5

analogous

#A58738 #8CA538 #56A538

triadic

#8CA538 #388CA5 #A5388C

tetradic

#8CA538 #38A587 #5138A5 #A53856

square

#8CA538 #38A587 #5138A5 #A53856

split-complementary

#8CA538 #3856A5 #8738A5

monochromatic

#3E4A19 #657728 #8CA538 #ACC555 #C2D583

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#8CA538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#8CA538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA538

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA538	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.137 121.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bf74',
    500: '#8ca538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca538;
$custom-light: #b0bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.761,
    "s": 49.321,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68107,
    "c": 0.13703,
    "h": 121.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA538

secondary

#8A7ABE

accent

#4FD96F

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111209

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA538

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

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