#8CA83B#8CA83B

#8CA83B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.139 H 122.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA83B
RGB	rgb(140, 168, 59)
HSL	hsl(75, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(75, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 64.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, -25.69, 51.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 57.35, 116.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% -0.0742 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.139 122.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6075, 33.8964, 9.3304)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA83B #573BA8

analogous

#A88E3B #8CA83B #55A83B

triadic

#8CA83B #3B8CA8 #A83B8C

tetradic

#8CA83B #3BA88E #573BA8 #A83B55

square

#8CA83B #3BA88E #573BA8 #A83B55

split-complementary

#8CA83B #3B55A8 #8E3BA8

monochromatic

#414D1B #667B2B #8CA83B #AAC55B #C1D588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#8CA83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#8CA83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA83B

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA83B	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93A091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 168, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.139 122.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c276',
    500: '#8ca83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca83b;
$custom-light: #b0c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.413,
    "s": 48.018,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68844,
    "c": 0.13854,
    "h": 122.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA83B

secondary

#907FC0

accent

#50D873

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111209

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA83B

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

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