#8CA36D#8CA36D

#8CA36D is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.080 H 127.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA36D
RGB	rgb(140, 163, 109)
HSL	hsl(86, 23%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(86, 33%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 0%, 33.1%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.06, -17.73, 25.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.06, 31.04, 124.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.39% -0.0481 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(68.39% 0.08 127.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6724, 32.8737, 19.4051)
Luminance	0.3287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA36D #846DA3

analogous

#A39F6D #8CA36D #71A36D

triadic

#8CA36D #6D8CA3 #A36D8C

tetradic

#8CA36D #6DA39F #846DA3 #A36D71

square

#8CA36D #6DA39F #846DA3 #A36D71

split-complementary

#8CA36D #6D71A3 #9F6DA3

monochromatic

#4D5C3A #6D8151 #8CA36D #AABB93 #C7D2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#8CA36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#8CA36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA36D

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA36D	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	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)

#A89C69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59B70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 163, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.080 127.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebe97',
    500: '#8ca36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca36d;
$custom-light: #aebe97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.556,
    "s": 22.689,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6839,
    "c": 0.07973,
    "h": 127.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA36D

secondary

#B4AAC2

accent

#69BF8D

background

#FAFBF9

surface

#F4F6F2

border

#CED0CC

text

#10120D

muted

#7F817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA36D

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

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