#8CAA37#8CAA37

#8CAA37 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.144 H 122.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAA37
RGB	rgb(140, 170, 55)
HSL	hsl(76, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(76, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 67.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, -26.95, 53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 59.92, 116.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.28% -0.0781 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(69.28% 0.144 122.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8798, 34.6006, 8.9289)
Luminance	0.3460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAA37 #5537AA

analogous

#AA8F37 #8CAA37 #53AA37

triadic

#8CAA37 #378CAA #AA378C

tetradic

#8CAA37 #37AA8F #5537AA #AA3753

square

#8CAA37 #37AA8F #5537AA #AA3753

split-complementary

#8CAA37 #3753AA #8F37AA

monochromatic

#404E19 #667C28 #8CAA37 #AAC856 #C2D784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#8CAA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#8CAA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAA37

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAA37	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93A293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caa37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 170, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.144 122.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c374',
    500: '#8caa37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caa37;
$custom-light: #b1c374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caa37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.652,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69283,
    "c": 0.14411,
    "h": 122.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAA37

secondary

#8E7CC1

accent

#4DDB72

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111209

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAA37

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

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