#8A9C51#8A9C51

#8A9C51 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.103 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9C51
RGB	rgb(138, 156, 81)
HSL	hsl(74, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(74, 48%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 48.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.46, -18.48, 36.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.46, 41.30, 116.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.13% -0.0519 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(66.13% 0.103 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8550, 29.7743, 12.2733)
Luminance	0.2977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9C51 #63519C

analogous

#9C8951 #8A9C51 #659C51

triadic

#8A9C51 #518A9C #9C518A

tetradic

#8A9C51 #519C89 #63519C #9C5165

square

#8A9C51 #519C89 #63519C #9C5165

split-complementary

#8A9C51 #51659C #89519C

monochromatic

#434B27 #66743C #8A9C51 #A7B774 #C0CC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#8A9C51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#8A9C51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9C51

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9C51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9C51	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4954B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9c51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 156, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.103 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb983',
    500: '#8a9c51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9c51;
$custom-light: #adb983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9c51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.4,
    "s": 31.646,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66132,
    "c": 0.10254,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9C51

secondary

#9A90B8

accent

#60C879

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F4F6EF

border

#CED0CA

text

#10110B

muted

#7F807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9C51

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

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