#8CA82A#8CA82A

#8CA82A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.150 H 121.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA82A
RGB	rgb(140, 168, 42)
HSL	hsl(73, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(73, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 75%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, -26.75, 57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 63.62, 114.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% -0.0787 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.15 121.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2362, 33.7479, 7.3745)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA82A #462AA8

analogous

#A8852A #8CA82A #4DA82A

triadic

#8CA82A #2A8CA8 #A82A8C

tetradic

#8CA82A #2AA885 #462AA8 #A82A4D

square

#8CA82A #2AA885 #462AA8 #A82A4D

split-complementary

#8CA82A #2A4DA8 #852AA8

monochromatic

#3A4612 #63771E #8CA82A #AFCF40 #C4DB71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#8CA82A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#8CA82A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA82A

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA82A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA82A	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca82a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 168, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.150 121.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c16d',
    500: '#8ca82a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca82a;
$custom-light: #b1c16d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca82a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.333,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68711,
    "c": 0.15015,
    "h": 121.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA82A

secondary

#7F6BC3

accent

#45E368

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F7EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111208

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA82A

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

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