#8CA937#8CA937

#8CA937 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.143 H 122.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA937
RGB	rgb(140, 169, 55)
HSL	hsl(75, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(75, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 0%, 67.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, -26.46, 53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 59.43, 116.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.05% -0.0768 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(69.05% 0.143 122.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6931, 34.2271, 8.8666)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA937 #5437A9

analogous

#A98D37 #8CA937 #53A937

triadic

#8CA937 #378CA9 #A9378C

tetradic

#8CA937 #37A98D #5437A9 #A93753

square

#8CA937 #37A98D #5437A9 #A93753

split-complementary

#8CA937 #3753A9 #8D37A9

monochromatic

#404D19 #667B28 #8CA937 #ABC855 #C2D784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#8CA937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#8CA937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA937

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA937	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93A192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 169, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.143 122.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c274',
    500: '#8ca937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca937;
$custom-light: #b0c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.263,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69045,
    "c": 0.14284,
    "h": 122.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA937

secondary

#8D7BC0

accent

#4DDA71

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111209

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA937

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

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