#8CA556#8CA556

#8CA556 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.109 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA556
RGB	rgb(140, 165, 86)
HSL	hsl(79, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(79, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 0%, 47.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.29, -21.70, 37.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.29, 43.66, 119.81°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% -0.0606 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.109 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9501, 33.1575, 13.8352)
Luminance	0.3316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA556 #6F56A5

analogous

#A59756 #8CA556 #65A556

triadic

#8CA556 #568CA5 #A5568C

tetradic

#8CA556 #56A597 #6F56A5 #A55665

square

#8CA556 #56A597 #6F56A5 #A55665

split-complementary

#8CA556 #5665A5 #9756A5

monochromatic

#48552C #6A7D41 #8CA556 #A8BB7D #C3D0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#8CA556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#8CA556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA556

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA556	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99C5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#919E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 165, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.109 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbf87',
    500: '#8ca556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca556;
$custom-light: #afbf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.987,
    "s": 31.474,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6846,
    "c": 0.10924,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA556

secondary

#A599BE

accent

#60C881

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F5F7F0

border

#CFD0CB

text

#10120B

muted

#7F817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA556

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

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