#8A9956#8A9956

#8A9956 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.093 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9956
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 86)
HSL	hsl(73, 28%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(73, 44%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 43.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.66, -16.36, 33.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.66, 37.15, 116.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% -0.0454 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.093 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5523, 28.8577, 13.1316)
Luminance	0.2886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9956 #655699

analogous

#998756 #8A9956 #699956

triadic

#8A9956 #568A99 #99568A

tetradic

#8A9956 #569987 #655699 #995669

square

#8A9956 #569987 #655699 #995669

split-complementary

#8A9956 #566999 #875699

monochromatic

#434B2A #677240 #8A9956 #A6B479 #C0CAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#8A9956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#8A9956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9956

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9956	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#909389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.093 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb787',
    500: '#8a9956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9956;
$custom-light: #adb787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.433,
    "s": 28.033,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65511,
    "c": 0.09269,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9956

secondary

#9C94B7

accent

#63C479

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F4F6EF

border

#CED0CA

text

#10110B

muted

#7F807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9956

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

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