#8CA81D#8CA81D

#8CA81D 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	#8CA81D
RGB	rgb(140, 168, 29)
HSL	hsl(72, 71%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(72, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 82.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, -27.31, 61.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 67.39, 113.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% -0.0812 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.157 121.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0401, 33.6694, 6.3419)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA81D #391DA8

analogous

#A87E1D #8CA81D #47A81D

triadic

#8CA81D #1D8CA8 #A81D8C

tetradic

#8CA81D #1DA87E #391DA8 #A81D47

square

#8CA81D #1DA87E #391DA8 #A81D47

split-complementary

#8CA81D #1D47A8 #7E1DA8

monochromatic

#35400B #617414 #8CA81D #B6DA28 #C8E35C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#8CA81D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#8CA81D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA81D

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA81D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA81D	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: #8ca81d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 168, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.157 121.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c168',
    500: '#8ca81d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca81d;
$custom-light: #b1c168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca81d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.086,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6864,
    "c": 0.15662,
    "h": 121.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA81D

secondary

#705AC7

accent

#3AED5E

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F7EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111207

muted

#80817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA81D

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

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