#8CA61C#8CA61C

#8CA61C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.155 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA61C
RGB	rgb(140, 166, 28)
HSL	hsl(71, 71%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(71, 83%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 0%, 83.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.11, -26.38, 61.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.11, 66.78, 113.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% -0.0788 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.155 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6615, 32.9318, 6.1557)
Luminance	0.3293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA61C #361CA6

analogous

#A67B1C #8CA61C #47A61C

triadic

#8CA61C #1C8CA6 #A61C8C

tetradic

#8CA61C #1CA67B #361CA6 #A61C47

square

#8CA61C #1CA67B #361CA6 #A61C47

split-complementary

#8CA61C #1C47A6 #7B1CA6

monochromatic

#343D0A #607213 #8CA61C #B8DA25 #C9E359

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#8CA61C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#8CA61C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA61C

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA61C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA61C	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca61c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 166, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.155 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c067',
    500: '#8ca61c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca61c;
$custom-light: #b1c067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca61c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.304,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6816,
    "c": 0.15473,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA61C

secondary

#6C57C7

accent

#3AEE5C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F7EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111207

muted

#80817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA61C

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

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