#8CAA2A#8CAA2A

#8CAA2A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.153 H 122.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAA2A
RGB	rgb(140, 170, 42)
HSL	hsl(74, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(74, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 75.3%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, -27.72, 58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 64.54, 115.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% -0.0814 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.153 122.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6082, 34.4920, 7.4986)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAA2A #482AAA

analogous

#AA882A #8CAA2A #4CAA2A

triadic

#8CAA2A #2A8CAA #AA2A8C

tetradic

#8CAA2A #2AAA88 #482AAA #AA2A4C

square

#8CAA2A #2AAA88 #482AAA #AA2A4C

split-complementary

#8CAA2A #2A4CAA #882AAA

monochromatic

#3B4812 #64791E #8CAA2A #AFD041 #C3DC72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#8CAA2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#8CAA2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAA2A

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAA2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAA2A	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caa2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 170, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.153 122.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c36d',
    500: '#8caa2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caa2a;
$custom-light: #b1c36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caa2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.063,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69186,
    "c": 0.15256,
    "h": 122.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAA2A

secondary

#816CC3

accent

#44E46A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F7EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111208

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAA2A

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

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