#8A9D59#8A9D59

#8A9D59 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.095 H 121.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9D59
RGB	rgb(138, 157, 89)
HSL	hsl(77, 28%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(77, 43%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 43.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.86, -18.08, 33.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.86, 37.88, 118.51°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% -0.0501 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.095 121.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3414, 30.2385, 14.0035)
Luminance	0.3024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9D59 #6C599D

analogous

#9D8E59 #8A9D59 #689D59

triadic

#8A9D59 #598A9D #9D598A

tetradic

#8A9D59 #599D8E #6C599D #9D5968

square

#8A9D59 #599D8E #6C599D #9D5968

split-complementary

#8A9D59 #59689D #8E599D

monochromatic

#454F2D #687643 #8A9D59 #A6B67E #C1CCA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#8A9D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#8A9D59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9D59

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9D59	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2955D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 157, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.095 121.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adba89',
    500: '#8a9d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9d59;
$custom-light: #adba89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.765,
    "s": 27.642,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66488,
    "c": 0.09507,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9D59

secondary

#A298BA

accent

#64C47F

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F4F6F0

border

#CED0CB

text

#10110B

muted

#7F807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9D59

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

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