#8CA059#8CA059

#8CA059 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.099 H 122.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA059
RGB	rgb(140, 160, 89)
HSL	hsl(77, 29%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(77, 44%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 0%, 44.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.88, -18.82, 34.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.88, 39.38, 118.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% -0.0522 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.099 122)
XYZ	xyz(25.1892, 31.4383, 14.1904)
Luminance	0.3144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA059 #6D59A0

analogous

#A09159 #8CA059 #69A059

triadic

#8CA059 #598CA0 #A0598C

tetradic

#8CA059 #59A091 #6D59A0 #A05969

square

#8CA059 #59A091 #6D59A0 #A05969

split-complementary

#8CA059 #5969A0 #9159A0

monochromatic

#47512D #6A7943 #8CA059 #A8B87F #C2CDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#8CA059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#8CA059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA059

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA059	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5985D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#919A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 160, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.099 122.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbc89',
    500: '#8ca059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca059;
$custom-light: #afbc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.901,
    "s": 28.514,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6734,
    "c": 0.0987,
    "h": 122
  },
  "luminance": 0.31438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA059

secondary

#A39ABB

accent

#63C57F

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F5F6F0

border

#CFD0CB

text

#10120B

muted

#7F817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA059

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

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