#8CA459#8CA459

#8CA459 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.105 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA459
RGB	rgb(140, 164, 89)
HSL	hsl(79, 30%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(79, 46%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 0%, 45.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.04, -20.86, 36.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.04, 41.64, 120.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% -0.058 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.105 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8938, 32.8475, 14.4253)
Luminance	0.3285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA459 #7159A4

analogous

#A49759 #8CA459 #67A459

triadic

#8CA459 #598CA4 #A4598C

tetradic

#8CA459 #59A497 #7159A4 #A45967

square

#8CA459 #59A497 #7159A4 #A45967

split-complementary

#8CA459 #5967A4 #9759A4

monochromatic

#48552E #6A7C43 #8CA459 #A8BA80 #C3D0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#8CA459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#8CA459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA459

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA459	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)

#AC9C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89B5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#919E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 164, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.105 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbf89',
    500: '#8ca459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca459;
$custom-light: #afbf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.2,
    "s": 29.644,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68271,
    "c": 0.10454,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA459

secondary

#A69BBE

accent

#62C682

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F5F7F0

border

#CFD0CB

text

#10120C

muted

#7F817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA459

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

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