#8CA178#8CA178

#8CA178 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.063 H 130.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA178
RGB	rgb(140, 161, 120)
HSL	hsl(91, 18%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(91, 25%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 25.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.69, -15.01, 18.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.69, 24.19, 128.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% -0.0404 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.063 130)
XYZ	xyz(26.9497, 32.4210, 22.6037)
Luminance	0.3242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA178 #8D78A1

analogous

#A0A178 #8CA178 #78A179

triadic

#8CA178 #788CA1 #A1788C

tetradic

#8CA178 #78A0A1 #8D78A1 #A17978

square

#8CA178 #78A0A1 #8D78A1 #A17978

split-complementary

#8CA178 #7978A1 #A178A0

monochromatic

#4F5D41 #6D825A #8CA178 #ABBA9C #C9D3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#8CA178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#8CA178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA178

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA178	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59B75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D9D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 161, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.063 130.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebc9f',
    500: '#8ca178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca178;
$custom-light: #aebc9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.732,
    "s": 17.904,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68162,
    "c": 0.06283,
    "h": 130
  },
  "luminance": 0.32421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA178

secondary

#BBB2C3

accent

#6DBB95

background

#FAFBF9

surface

#F4F6F2

border

#CED0CC

text

#10120E

muted

#7F817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA178

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

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