#8CA738#8CA738

#8CA738 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.140 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA738
RGB	rgb(140, 167, 56)
HSL	hsl(75, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(75, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 0%, 66.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, -25.41, 52.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 58.05, 115.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% -0.0738 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.14 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3481, 33.4984, 8.8711)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA738 #5338A7

analogous

#A78A38 #8CA738 #54A738

triadic

#8CA738 #388CA7 #A7388C

tetradic

#8CA738 #38A78A #5338A7 #A73854

square

#8CA738 #38A78A #5338A7 #A73854

split-complementary

#8CA738 #3854A7 #8A38A7

monochromatic

#3F4B19 #667929 #8CA738 #ABC656 #C2D684

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#8CA738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#8CA738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA738

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA738	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 167, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.140 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c174',
    500: '#8ca738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca738;
$custom-light: #b0c174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.595,
    "s": 49.776,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6858,
    "c": 0.13956,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA738

secondary

#8C7BBF

accent

#4FD970

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111209

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA738

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

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