#8CAE20#8CAE20
#8CAE20 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.162 H 123.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8CAE20 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(140, 174, 32) |
| HSL | hsl(74, 69%, 40%) |
| HSV | hsv(74, 82%, 68%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(19.5%, 0%, 81.6%, 31.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.48, -30.07, 62.38) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.48, 69.25, 115.74°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.09% -0.0886 0.136) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.09% 0.162 123.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(26.2124, 35.9517, 6.9246) |
| Luminance | 0.3595 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Icky Green
#8FAE22
ΔE00 0.59
Pea Green
#8EAB12
ΔE00 1.54
Avocado Green
#87A922
ΔE00 1.61
Avocado (survey)
#90B134
ΔE00 1.77
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 1.82
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 2.86
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8CAE20 #4220AE
analogous
#AE8920 #8CAE20 #45AE20
triadic
#8CAE20 #208CAE #AE208C
tetradic
#8CAE20 #20AE89 #4220AE #AE2045
square
#8CAE20 #20AE89 #4220AE #AE2045
split-complementary
#8CAE20 #2045AE #8920AE
monochromatic
#39470D #627A16 #8CAE20 #B1D932 #C5E366
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.56
#8CAE20 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.19
#8CAE20 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #8CAE20
8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8CAE20 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8CAE20 | 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)
#B4A130
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#94A594
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8cae20; /* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 32); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.162 123.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b2c66a',
500: '#8cae20',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8cae20; $custom-light: #b2c66a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8cae20",
"rgb": {
"r": 140,
"g": 174,
"b": 32
},
"hsl": {
"h": 74.366,
"s": 68.932,
"l": 40.392
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70086,
"c": 0.16234,
"h": 123.1
},
"luminance": 0.35952
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8CAE20
secondary
#7A62C8
accent
#3CEC66
background
#FBFCF6
surface
#F6F8EC
border
#D0D1C7
text
#111307
muted
#80827A