#8CA259#8CA259

#8CA259 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.102 H 122.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA259
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(78, 29%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(78, 45%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 0%, 45.1%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.46, -19.84, 35.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.46, 40.51, 119.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% -0.0551 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.102 122.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5387, 32.1373, 14.3069)
Luminance	0.3214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA259 #6F59A2

analogous

#A29459 #8CA259 #68A259

triadic

#8CA259 #598CA2 #A2598C

tetradic

#8CA259 #59A294 #6F59A2 #A25968

square

#8CA259 #59A294 #6F59A2 #A25968

split-complementary

#8CA259 #5968A2 #9459A2

monochromatic

#48532E #6A7B43 #8CA259 #A8B97F #C3CFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#8CA259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#8CA259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA259

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA259	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79A5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#919C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.102 122.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbd89',
    500: '#8ca259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca259;
$custom-light: #afbd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.082,
    "s": 29.084,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67805,
    "c": 0.10162,
    "h": 122.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA259

secondary

#A59ABC

accent

#62C580

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F5F6F0

border

#CFD0CB

text

#10120C

muted

#7F817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA259

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

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