#8CAA27#8CAA27

#8CAA27 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.154 H 122.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAA27
RGB	rgb(140, 170, 39)
HSL	hsl(74, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(74, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 77.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, -27.86, 59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 65.48, 115.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.17% -0.082 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(69.17% 0.154 122.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.5565, 34.4713, 7.2263)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAA27 #4527AA

analogous

#AA8627 #8CAA27 #4BAA27

triadic

#8CAA27 #278CAA #AA278C

tetradic

#8CAA27 #27AA86 #4527AA #AA274B

square

#8CAA27 #27AA86 #4527AA #AA274B

split-complementary

#8CAA27 #274BAA #8627AA

monochromatic

#3A4610 #63781C #8CAA27 #B0D23C #C4DE6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#8CAA27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#8CAA27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAA27

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAA27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAA27	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caa27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 170, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.154 122.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c36c',
    500: '#8caa27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caa27;
$custom-light: #b1c36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caa27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.74,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69168,
    "c": 0.15422,
    "h": 122.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAA27

secondary

#7E69C4

accent

#42E668

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F7EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111207

muted

#80817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAA27

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

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