#8CA357#8CA357

#8CA357 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.105 H 123.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA357
RGB	rgb(140, 163, 87)
HSL	hsl(78, 30%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(78, 47%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 0%, 46.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, -20.58, 36.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 42.05, 119.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% -0.0574 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.105 123)
XYZ	xyz(25.6327, 32.4579, 13.9296)
Luminance	0.3246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA357 #6E57A3

analogous

#A39457 #8CA357 #66A357

triadic

#8CA357 #578CA3 #A3578C

tetradic

#8CA357 #57A394 #6E57A3 #A35766

square

#8CA357 #57A394 #6E57A3 #A35766

split-complementary

#8CA357 #5766A3 #9457A3

monochromatic

#47532C #6A7B42 #8CA357 #A8BA7D #C2CFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#8CA357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#8CA357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA357

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA357	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9B51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89A5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#919C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 163, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.105 123.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbe88',
    500: '#8ca357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca357;
$custom-light: #afbe88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.158,
    "s": 30.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68007,
    "c": 0.10527,
    "h": 123
  },
  "luminance": 0.32458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA357

secondary

#A499BD

accent

#61C780

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F5F6F0

border

#CFD0CB

text

#10120B

muted

#7F817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA357

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

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