#8CA71C#8CA71C

#8CA71C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.156 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA71C
RGB	rgb(140, 167, 28)
HSL	hsl(72, 71%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(72, 83%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 0%, 83.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, -26.86, 61.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 67.21, 113.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% -0.0801 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.156 120.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8440, 33.2968, 6.2165)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA71C #371CA7

analogous

#A77C1C #8CA71C #46A71C

triadic

#8CA71C #1C8CA7 #A71C8C

tetradic

#8CA71C #1CA77C #371CA7 #A71C46

square

#8CA71C #1CA77C #371CA7 #A71C46

split-complementary

#8CA71C #1C46A7 #7C1CA7

monochromatic

#343E0A #607313 #8CA71C #B7DB26 #C9E35A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#8CA71C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#8CA71C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA71C

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA71C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA71C	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca71c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 167, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.156 120.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c167',
    500: '#8ca71c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca71c;
$custom-light: #b1c167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca71c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.655,
    "s": 71.282,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68398,
    "c": 0.15587,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA71C

secondary

#6D58C7

accent

#3AEE5D

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F7EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111207

muted

#80817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA71C

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

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