#8CA72A#8CA72A

#8CA72A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.149 H 121.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA72A
RGB	rgb(140, 167, 42)
HSL	hsl(73, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(73, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 0%, 74.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.47, -26.26, 57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.47, 63.16, 114.57°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% -0.0774 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.149 121.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.0523, 33.3801, 7.3132)
Luminance	0.3338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA72A #452AA7

analogous

#A7832A #8CA72A #4DA72A

triadic

#8CA72A #2A8CA7 #A72A8C

tetradic

#8CA72A #2AA783 #452AA7 #A72A4D

square

#8CA72A #2AA783 #452AA7 #A72A4D

split-complementary

#8CA72A #2A4DA7 #832AA7

monochromatic

#3A4511 #63761E #8CA72A #B0CF3F #C4DB70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#8CA72A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#8CA72A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA72A

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA72A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA72A	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca72a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 167, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.149 121.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c16d',
    500: '#8ca72a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca72a;
$custom-light: #b1c16d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca72a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.96,
    "s": 59.809,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68473,
    "c": 0.14895,
    "h": 121.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA72A

secondary

#7E6BC2

accent

#45E367

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F7EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111208

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA72A

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

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