#8CA61D#8CA61D

#8CA61D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.154 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA61D
RGB	rgb(140, 166, 29)
HSL	hsl(71, 70%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(71, 83%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 0%, 82.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.11, -26.34, 61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.11, 66.53, 113.32°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% -0.0786 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.154 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6737, 32.9367, 6.2197)
Luminance	0.3294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA61D #371DA6

analogous

#A67B1D #8CA61D #47A61D

triadic

#8CA61D #1D8CA6 #A61D8C

tetradic

#8CA61D #1DA67B #371DA6 #A61D47

square

#8CA61D #1DA67B #371DA6 #A61D47

split-complementary

#8CA61D #1D47A6 #7B1DA6

monochromatic

#343E0B #607214 #8CA61D #B7D927 #C9E25B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#8CA61D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#8CA61D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA61D

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA61D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA61D	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)

#AE9C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca61d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 166, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.154 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c067',
    500: '#8ca61d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca61d;
$custom-light: #b1c067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca61d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.387,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68164,
    "c": 0.15431,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA61D

secondary

#6D59C6

accent

#3BED5D

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F7EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111207

muted

#80817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA61D

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

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