#8CA82E#8CA82E

#8CA82E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.148 H 121.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA82E
RGB	rgb(140, 168, 46)
HSL	hsl(74, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(74, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, -26.53, 56.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 62.26, 115.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% -0.0778 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.148 121.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3114, 33.7779, 7.7706)
Luminance	0.3378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA82E #4A2EA8

analogous

#A8872E #8CA82E #4FA82E

triadic

#8CA82E #2E8CA8 #A82E8C

tetradic

#8CA82E #2EA887 #4A2EA8 #A82E4F

square

#8CA82E #2EA887 #4A2EA8 #A82E4F

split-complementary

#8CA82E #2E4FA8 #872EA8

monochromatic

#3C4814 #647821 #8CA82E #AECD47 #C3DA77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#8CA82E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#8CA82E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA82E

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA82E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA82E	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca82e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 168, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.148 121.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c16f',
    500: '#8ca82e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca82e;
$custom-light: #b1c16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca82e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.77,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68738,
    "c": 0.14774,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA82E

secondary

#8370C2

accent

#48E06B

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111208

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA82E

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

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