#8CAF2E#8CAF2E

#8CAF2E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.156 H 123.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAF2E
RGB	rgb(140, 175, 46)
HSL	hsl(76, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(76, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 0%, 73.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, -29.90, 58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 65.55, 117.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% -0.087 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.156 123.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6386, 36.4324, 8.2130)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAF2E #512EAF

analogous

#AF912E #8CAF2E #4BAF2E

triadic

#8CAF2E #2E8CAF #AF2E8C

tetradic

#8CAF2E #2EAF91 #512EAF #AF2E4B

square

#8CAF2E #2EAF91 #512EAF #AF2E4B

split-complementary

#8CAF2E #2E4BAF #912EAF

monochromatic

#3E4E15 #657F21 #8CAF2E #ACD04B #C2DC7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#8CAF2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#8CAF2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAF2E

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAF2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAF2E	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A414

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93A696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caf2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 175, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.156 123.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c770',
    500: '#8caf2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caf2e;
$custom-light: #b1c770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caf2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.279,
    "s": 58.371,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70404,
    "c": 0.1563,
    "h": 123.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAF2E

secondary

#8A74C5

accent

#46E270

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAF2E

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

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