#8B9855#8B9855

#8B9855 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.092 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9855
RGB	rgb(139, 152, 85)
HSL	hsl(72, 28%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(72, 44%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 44.1%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, -15.54, 33.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 37.03, 114.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% -0.0433 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.092 118)
XYZ	xyz(23.5155, 28.6015, 12.8744)
Luminance	0.2860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9855 #625598

analogous

#988455 #8B9855 #6A9855

triadic

#8B9855 #558B98 #98558B

tetradic

#8B9855 #559884 #625598 #98556A

square

#8B9855 #559884 #625598 #98556A

split-complementary

#8B9855 #556A98 #845598

monochromatic

#434A29 #67713F #8B9855 #A7B377 #C1C99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#8B9855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#8B9855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9855

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9855	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#919288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 152, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.092 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb686',
    500: '#8b9855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9855;
$custom-light: #aeb686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.642,
    "s": 28.27,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65343,
    "c": 0.09208,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.28601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9855

secondary

#9992B6

accent

#63C576

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F4F6EF

border

#CED0CA

text

#10110B

muted

#7F807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9855

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

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