#8CA255#8CA255

#8CA255 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.106 H 122.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA255
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(77, 31%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(77, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 0%, 47.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.40, -20.30, 37.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.40, 42.47, 118.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% -0.0567 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.106 122.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3753, 32.0719, 13.4462)
Luminance	0.3207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA255 #6B55A2

analogous

#A29155 #8CA255 #65A255

triadic

#8CA255 #558CA2 #A2558C

tetradic

#8CA255 #55A291 #6B55A2 #A25565

square

#8CA255 #55A291 #6B55A2 #A25565

split-complementary

#8CA255 #5565A2 #9155A2

monochromatic

#47522B #697A40 #8CA255 #A8BA7B #C2CFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#8CA255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#8CA255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA255

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA255	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.106 122.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbd86',
    500: '#8ca255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca255;
$custom-light: #afbd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.143,
    "s": 31.174,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67744,
    "c": 0.106,
    "h": 122.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA255

secondary

#A197BC

accent

#60C77E

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F5F6EF

border

#CFD0CA

text

#10120B

muted

#7F817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA255

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

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