#8A9857#8A9857

#8A9857 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.090 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9857
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 87)
HSL	hsl(73, 27%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(73, 43%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 42.8%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, -15.72, 32.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 36.08, 115.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% -0.0436 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.09 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.4299, 28.5480, 13.2910)
Luminance	0.2855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9857 #655798

analogous

#988657 #8A9857 #6A9857

triadic

#8A9857 #578A98 #98578A

tetradic

#8A9857 #579886 #655798 #98576A

square

#8A9857 #579886 #655798 #98576A

split-complementary

#8A9857 #576A98 #865798

monochromatic

#434A2A #677141 #8A9857 #A6B37A #C0C9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#8A9857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#8A9857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9857

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9857	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E925A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#909288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.090 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb687',
    500: '#8a9857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9857;
$custom-light: #adb687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.923,
    "s": 27.197,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65295,
    "c": 0.0901,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9857

secondary

#9C94B6

accent

#64C479

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F4F6EF

border

#CED0CA

text

#10110B

muted

#7F807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9857

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

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