#8CA72D#8CA72D

#8CA72D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.147 H 121.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA72D
RGB	rgb(140, 167, 45)
HSL	hsl(73, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(73, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 0%, 73.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, -26.10, 56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 62.14, 114.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% -0.0767 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.147 121.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1080, 33.4023, 7.6067)
Luminance	0.3340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA72D #482DA7

analogous

#A7852D #8CA72D #4FA72D

triadic

#8CA72D #2D8CA7 #A72D8C

tetradic

#8CA72D #2DA785 #482DA7 #A72D4F

square

#8CA72D #2DA785 #482DA7 #A72D4F

split-complementary

#8CA72D #2D4FA7 #852DA7

monochromatic

#3B4713 #647720 #8CA72D #AFCD44 #C3DA75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#8CA72D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#8CA72D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA72D

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA72D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA72D	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	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)

#B19D16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca72d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 167, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.147 121.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c16f',
    500: '#8ca72d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca72d;
$custom-light: #b1c16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca72d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.279,
    "s": 57.547,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68493,
    "c": 0.14715,
    "h": 121.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA72D

secondary

#816EC1

accent

#47E169

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F7EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111208

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA72D

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

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