#8CA81B#8CA81B

#8CA81B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.157 H 121.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA81B
RGB	rgb(140, 168, 27)
HSL	hsl(72, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(72, 84%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 83.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, -27.38, 62.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 67.88, 113.79°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% -0.0816 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.157 121.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0162, 33.6599, 6.2158)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA81B #371BA8

analogous

#A87D1B #8CA81B #45A81B

triadic

#8CA81B #1B8CA8 #A81B8C

tetradic

#8CA81B #1BA87D #371BA8 #A81B45

square

#8CA81B #1BA87D #371BA8 #A81B45

split-complementary

#8CA81B #1B45A8 #7D1BA8

monochromatic

#343F0A #607313 #8CA81B #B7DC24 #C9E459

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#8CA81B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#8CA81B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA81B

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA81B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA81B	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca81b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 168, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.157 121.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c167',
    500: '#8ca81b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca81b;
$custom-light: #b2c167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca81b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.915,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68632,
    "c": 0.15743,
    "h": 121.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA81B

secondary

#6D57C8

accent

#39EF5D

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F7EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111207

muted

#80817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA81B

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

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