#8CA457#8CA457

#8CA457 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.107 H 123.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA457
RGB	rgb(140, 164, 87)
HSL	hsl(79, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(79, 47%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 0%, 47%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.01, -21.09, 37.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.01, 42.61, 119.66°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% -0.0588 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.107 123.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8110, 32.8144, 13.9890)
Luminance	0.3281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA457 #6F57A4

analogous

#A49657 #8CA457 #66A457

triadic

#8CA457 #578CA4 #A4578C

tetradic

#8CA457 #57A496 #6F57A4 #A45766

square

#8CA457 #57A496 #6F57A4 #A45766

split-complementary

#8CA457 #5766A4 #9657A4

monochromatic

#48542D #6A7C42 #8CA457 #A8BA7E #C3D0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#8CA457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#8CA457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA457

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA457	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89B5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#919D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 164, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.107 123.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbf88',
    500: '#8ca457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca457;
$custom-light: #afbf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.701,
    "s": 30.677,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68241,
    "c": 0.10671,
    "h": 123.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA457

secondary

#A599BD

accent

#61C781

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F5F7F0

border

#CFD0CB

text

#10120B

muted

#7F817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA457

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

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