#8CAA2C#8CAA2C

#8CAA2C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.151 H 122.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAA2C
RGB	rgb(140, 170, 44)
HSL	hsl(74, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(74, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 74.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, -27.61, 57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 63.88, 115.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% -0.0809 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.151 122.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6449, 34.5067, 7.6918)
Luminance	0.3451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAA2C #4A2CAA

analogous

#AA892C #8CAA2C #4DAA2C

triadic

#8CAA2C #2C8CAA #AA2C8C

tetradic

#8CAA2C #2CAA89 #4A2CAA #AA2C4D

square

#8CAA2C #2CAA89 #4A2CAA #AA2C4D

split-complementary

#8CAA2C #2C4DAA #892CAA

monochromatic

#3C4913 #64791F #8CAA2C #AECF44 #C3DB75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#8CAA2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#8CAA2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAA2C

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAA2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAA2C	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)

#B49F12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93A192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caa2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 170, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.151 122.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c36e',
    500: '#8caa2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caa2c;
$custom-light: #b1c36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caa2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.286,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69199,
    "c": 0.1514,
    "h": 122.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAA2C

secondary

#836FC3

accent

#46E26B

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111208

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAA2C

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

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