#8CA53B#8CA53B

#8CA53B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.135 H 121.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA53B
RGB	rgb(140, 165, 59)
HSL	hsl(74, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(74, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 0%, 64.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, -24.21, 50.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 55.86, 115.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% -0.0701 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.135 121.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.0601, 32.8015, 9.1479)
Luminance	0.3280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA53B #543BA5

analogous

#A5893B #8CA53B #57A53B

triadic

#8CA53B #3B8CA5 #A53B8C

tetradic

#8CA53B #3BA589 #543BA5 #A53B57

square

#8CA53B #3BA589 #543BA5 #A53B57

split-complementary

#8CA53B #3B57A5 #893BA5

monochromatic

#404B1B #66782B #8CA53B #ABC459 #C2D486

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#8CA53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#8CA53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA53B

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA53B	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 165, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.135 121.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bf76',
    500: '#8ca53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca53b;
$custom-light: #b0bf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.151,
    "s": 47.321,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68135,
    "c": 0.13468,
    "h": 121.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA53B

secondary

#8D7EBE

accent

#51D770

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111209

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA53B

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

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