#8CA173#8CA173

#8CA173 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.069 H 128.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA173
RGB	rgb(140, 161, 115)
HSL	hsl(87, 20%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(87, 29%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 28.6%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.59, -15.80, 21.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.59, 26.75, 126.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% -0.0426 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.069 128.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6542, 32.3028, 21.0472)
Luminance	0.3230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA173 #8873A1

analogous

#A19F73 #8CA173 #75A173

triadic

#8CA173 #738CA1 #A1738C

tetradic

#8CA173 #73A19F #8873A1 #A17375

square

#8CA173 #73A19F #8873A1 #A17375

split-complementary

#8CA173 #7375A1 #9F73A1

monochromatic

#4E5C3E #6D8156 #8CA173 #AABA98 #C8D2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#8CA173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#8CA173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA173

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA173	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69B70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39A75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E9D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 161, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.069 128.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebc9b',
    500: '#8ca173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca173;
$custom-light: #aebc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.391,
    "s": 19.658,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68053,
    "c": 0.06909,
    "h": 128.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA173

secondary

#B7AEC2

accent

#6CBC90

background

#FAFBF9

surface

#F4F6F2

border

#CED0CC

text

#10120E

muted

#7F817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA173

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

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