#8CAE1E#8CAE1E

#8CAE1E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.163 H 123.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAE1E
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 30)
HSL	hsl(74, 71%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(74, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 0%, 82.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, -30.15, 62.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 69.75, 115.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0889 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.163 123)
XYZ	xyz(26.1860, 35.9411, 6.7858)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAE1E #401EAE

analogous

#AE881E #8CAE1E #44AE1E

triadic

#8CAE1E #1E8CAE #AE1E8C

tetradic

#8CAE1E #1EAE88 #401EAE #AE1E44

square

#8CAE1E #1EAE88 #401EAE #AE1E44

split-complementary

#8CAE1E #1E44AE #881EAE

monochromatic

#38460C #627A15 #8CAE1E #B2DB2E #C5E462

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#8CAE1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#8CAE1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAE1E

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAE1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAE1E	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A12E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cae1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.163 123.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c669',
    500: '#8cae1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cae1e;
$custom-light: #b2c669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cae1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.167,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70077,
    "c": 0.16318,
    "h": 123
  },
  "luminance": 0.35941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAE1E

secondary

#785FC9

accent

#3AED65

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAE1E

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

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