#8CA36B#8CA36B

#8CA36B is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.082 H 126.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA36B
RGB	rgb(140, 163, 107)
HSL	hsl(85, 23%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(85, 34%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 0%, 34.4%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, -18.02, 26.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 32.06, 124.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% -0.049 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.082 126.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5659, 32.8312, 18.8445)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA36B #826BA3

analogous

#A39E6B #8CA36B #70A36B

triadic

#8CA36B #6B8CA3 #A36B8C

tetradic

#8CA36B #6BA39E #826BA3 #A36B70

square

#8CA36B #6BA39E #826BA3 #A36B70

split-complementary

#8CA36B #6B70A3 #9E6BA3

monochromatic

#4D5B39 #6D8150 #8CA36B #A9BA91 #C7D2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#8CA36B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#8CA36B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA36B

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA36B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA36B	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99C67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59B6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca36b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 163, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.082 126.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebe96',
    500: '#8ca36b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca36b;
$custom-light: #aebe96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca36b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.643,
    "s": 23.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68351,
    "c": 0.08215,
    "h": 126.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA36B

secondary

#B3A9C1

accent

#68C08C

background

#FAFBF9

surface

#F4F6F2

border

#CED0CC

text

#10120D

muted

#7F817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA36B

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

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