#8CAE25#8CAE25

#8CAE25 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.160 H 123.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAE25
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 37)
HSL	hsl(75, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(75, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 0%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -29.87, 60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 67.89, 116.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.0877 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.16 123.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2855, 35.9810, 7.3101)
Luminance	0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAE25 #4725AE

analogous

#AE8C25 #8CAE25 #47AE25

triadic

#8CAE25 #258CAE #AE258C

tetradic

#8CAE25 #25AE8C #4725AE #AE2547

square

#8CAE25 #25AE8C #4725AE #AE2547

split-complementary

#8CAE25 #2547AE #8C25AE

monochromatic

#3B4910 #637C1A #8CAE25 #AFD53B #C4E06D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#8CAE25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#8CAE25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAE25

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAE25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAE25	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93A595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cae25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.160 123.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c66c',
    500: '#8cae25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cae25;
$custom-light: #b1c66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cae25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.891,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70111,
    "c": 0.16001,
    "h": 123.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAE25

secondary

#8068C6

accent

#40E86A

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAE25

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

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