#8CA72E#8CA72E

#8CA72E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.147 H 121.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA72E
RGB	rgb(140, 167, 46)
HSL	hsl(73, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(73, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 0%, 72.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, -26.04, 56.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 61.79, 114.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% -0.0764 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.147 121.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1275, 33.4101, 7.7093)
Luminance	0.3341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA72E #492EA7

analogous

#A7862E #8CA72E #50A72E

triadic

#8CA72E #2E8CA7 #A72E8C

tetradic

#8CA72E #2EA786 #492EA7 #A72E50

square

#8CA72E #2EA786 #492EA7 #A72E50

split-complementary

#8CA72E #2E50A7 #862EA7

monochromatic

#3C4714 #647721 #8CA72E #AECC46 #C3D976

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#8CA72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#8CA72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA72E

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA72E	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)

#B19D18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 167, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.147 121.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c16f',
    500: '#8ca72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca72e;
$custom-light: #b1c16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.388,
    "s": 56.808,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.685,
    "c": 0.14652,
    "h": 121.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA72E

secondary

#8270C1

accent

#48E06A

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111208

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA72E

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

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