#8CAA31#8CAA31

#8CAA31 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.148 H 122.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAA31
RGB	rgb(140, 170, 49)
HSL	hsl(75, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(75, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 71.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, -27.33, 55.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 62.15, 116.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% -0.0797 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.148 122.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7446, 34.5466, 8.2170)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAA31 #4F31AA

analogous

#AA8B31 #8CAA31 #4FAA31

triadic

#8CAA31 #318CAA #AA318C

tetradic

#8CAA31 #31AA8B #4F31AA #AA314F

square

#8CAA31 #31AA8B #4F31AA #AA314F

split-complementary

#8CAA31 #314FAA #8B31AA

monochromatic

#3E4B16 #657A23 #8CAA31 #ACCC4D #C2D97C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#8CAA31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#8CAA31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAA31

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAA31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAA31	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A01D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93A192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caa31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 170, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.148 122.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c371',
    500: '#8caa31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caa31;
$custom-light: #b1c371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caa31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.876,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69235,
    "c": 0.14826,
    "h": 122.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAA31

secondary

#8875C2

accent

#49DF6E

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111208

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAA31

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

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