#8CA837#8CA837

#8CA837 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.142 H 122.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA837
RGB	rgb(140, 168, 55)
HSL	hsl(75, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(75, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 67.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, -25.97, 52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 58.94, 116.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% -0.0754 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.142 122.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.5077, 33.8565, 8.8048)
Luminance	0.3386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA837 #5337A8

analogous

#A88B37 #8CA837 #53A837

triadic

#8CA837 #378CA8 #A8378C

tetradic

#8CA837 #37A88B #5337A8 #A83753

square

#8CA837 #37A88B #5337A8 #A83753

split-complementary

#8CA837 #3753A8 #8B37A8

monochromatic

#3F4C19 #667A28 #8CA837 #ABC755 #C2D683

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#8CA837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#8CA837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA837

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA837	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93A091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 168, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.142 122.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c274',
    500: '#8ca837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca837;
$custom-light: #b0c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.867,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68808,
    "c": 0.14158,
    "h": 122.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA837

secondary

#8C7BC0

accent

#4EDA70

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111209

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA837

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

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