#8CA81C#8CA81C

#8CA81C 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	#8CA81C
RGB	rgb(140, 168, 28)
HSL	hsl(72, 71%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(72, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 83.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, -27.35, 61.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 67.64, 113.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% -0.0814 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.157 121.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0279, 33.6646, 6.2778)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA81C #381CA8

analogous

#A87E1C #8CA81C #46A81C

triadic

#8CA81C #1C8CA8 #A81C8C

tetradic

#8CA81C #1CA87E #381CA8 #A81C46

square

#8CA81C #1CA87E #381CA8 #A81C46

split-complementary

#8CA81C #1C46A8 #7E1CA8

monochromatic

#353F0B #607413 #8CA81C #B7DB26 #C8E45B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#8CA81C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#8CA81C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA81C

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA81C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA81C	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)

#AF9D2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca81c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 168, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.157 121.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c167',
    500: '#8ca81c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca81c;
$custom-light: #b2c167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca81c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68636,
    "c": 0.15703,
    "h": 121.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA81C

secondary

#6F58C7

accent

#3AEE5E

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F7EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111207

muted

#80817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA81C

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

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