#8CA256#8CA256

#8CA256 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.105 H 122.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA256
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(77, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(77, 47%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 0%, 46.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, -20.18, 36.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 41.98, 118.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% -0.0563 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.105 122.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4153, 32.0879, 13.6570)
Luminance	0.3209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA256 #6C56A2

analogous

#A29256 #8CA256 #66A256

triadic

#8CA256 #568CA2 #A2568C

tetradic

#8CA256 #56A292 #6C56A2 #A25666

square

#8CA256 #56A292 #6C56A2 #A25666

split-complementary

#8CA256 #5666A2 #9256A2

monochromatic

#47522C #697A41 #8CA256 #A8B97C #C2CFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#8CA256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#8CA256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA256

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA256	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79A5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#919B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.105 122.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbd87',
    500: '#8ca256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca256;
$custom-light: #afbd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.368,
    "s": 30.645,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67759,
    "c": 0.10491,
    "h": 122.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA256

secondary

#A298BC

accent

#61C77E

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F5F6F0

border

#CFD0CB

text

#10120B

muted

#7F817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA256

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

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