#8A9565#8A9565

#8A9565 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.069 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9565
RGB	rgb(138, 149, 101)
HSL	hsl(74, 19%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(74, 32%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 32.2%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.74, -12.31, 24.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.74, 27.05, 117.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.86% -0.0331 0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(64.86% 0.069 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5775, 27.8378, 16.4405)
Luminance	0.2784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9565 #706595

analogous

#958865 #8A9565 #729565

triadic

#8A9565 #658A95 #95658A

tetradic

#8A9565 #659588 #706595 #956572

square

#8A9565 #659588 #706595 #956572

split-complementary

#8A9565 #657295 #886595

monochromatic

#464C34 #68714C #8A9565 #A6AF89 #C1C7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#8A9565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#8A9565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9565

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9565	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9062

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 149, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.069 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb491',
    500: '#8a9565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9565;
$custom-light: #acb491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.75,
    "s": 19.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64859,
    "c": 0.06858,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9565

secondary

#A5A0B6

accent

#6CBC7E

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F4F6F0

border

#CED0CB

text

#10110D

muted

#7F807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9565

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

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