#8CAA42#8CAA42

#8CAA42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.135 H 123.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAA42
RGB	rgb(140, 170, 66)
HSL	hsl(77, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(77, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 61.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, -26.12, 48.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 55.46, 118.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.39% -0.0748 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(69.39% 0.135 123.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1735, 34.7181, 10.4756)
Luminance	0.3472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAA42 #6042AA

analogous

#AA9442 #8CAA42 #58AA42

triadic

#8CAA42 #428CAA #AA428C

tetradic

#8CAA42 #42AA94 #6042AA #AA4258

square

#8CAA42 #42AA94 #6042AA #AA4258

split-complementary

#8CAA42 #4258AA #9442AA

monochromatic

#435220 #687E31 #8CAA42 #A8C366 #C1D592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#8CAA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#8CAA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAA42

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAA42	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A036

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caa42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 170, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.135 123.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c37b',
    500: '#8caa42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caa42;
$custom-light: #b0c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caa42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.308,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69386,
    "c": 0.13541,
    "h": 123.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAA42

secondary

#9888C0

accent

#54D479

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#111209

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAA42

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

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