#8CA642#8CA642

#8CA642 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.130 H 122.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA642
RGB	rgb(140, 166, 66)
HSL	hsl(76, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(76, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 0%, 60.2%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, -24.15, 47.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 53.40, 116.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.44% -0.0693 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(68.44% 0.13 122.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4350, 33.2412, 10.2294)
Luminance	0.3324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA642 #5C42A6

analogous

#A68E42 #8CA642 #5AA642

triadic

#8CA642 #428CA6 #A6428C

tetradic

#8CA642 #42A68E #5C42A6 #A6425A

square

#8CA642 #42A68E #5C42A6 #A6425A

split-complementary

#8CA642 #425AA6 #8E42A6

monochromatic

#424E1F #677A31 #8CA642 #A9C164 #C1D390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#8CA642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#8CA642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA642

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA642	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 166, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.130 122.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c07a',
    500: '#8ca642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca642;
$custom-light: #b0c07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.6,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68441,
    "c": 0.13013,
    "h": 122.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA642

secondary

#9486BE

accent

#55D376

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F7EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#111209

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA642

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

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