#8CA73B#8CA73B

#8CA73B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.137 H 122.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA73B
RGB	rgb(140, 167, 59)
HSL	hsl(75, 48%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(75, 65%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 0%, 64.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, -25.20, 50.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 56.85, 116.31°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% -0.0729 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.137 122.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4236, 33.5286, 9.2691)
Luminance	0.3353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA73B #563BA7

analogous

#A78C3B #8CA73B #56A73B

triadic

#8CA73B #3B8CA7 #A73B8C

tetradic

#8CA73B #3BA78C #563BA7 #A73B56

square

#8CA73B #3BA78C #563BA7 #A73B56

split-complementary

#8CA73B #3B56A7 #8C3BA7

monochromatic

#404D1B #667A2B #8CA73B #AAC55A #C2D588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#8CA73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#8CA73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA73B

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA73B	1.00	2.73	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 167, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.137 122.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c176',
    500: '#8ca73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca73b;
$custom-light: #b0c176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 47.788,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68607,
    "c": 0.13725,
    "h": 122.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA73B

secondary

#8F7FBF

accent

#50D772

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111209

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA73B

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

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