#8CA557#8CA557

#8CA557 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.108 H 123.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA557
RGB	rgb(140, 165, 87)
HSL	hsl(79, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(79, 47%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 0%, 47.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, -21.59, 37.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 43.17, 120.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% -0.0602 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.108 123.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.9906, 33.1737, 14.0489)
Luminance	0.3317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA557 #7057A5

analogous

#A59757 #8CA557 #65A557

triadic

#8CA557 #578CA5 #A5578C

tetradic

#8CA557 #57A597 #7057A5 #A55765

square

#8CA557 #57A597 #7057A5 #A55765

split-complementary

#8CA557 #5765A5 #9757A5

monochromatic

#48552D #6A7D42 #8CA557 #A8BB7E #C3D0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#8CA557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#8CA557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA557

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA557	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)

#AD9D50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99C5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#919E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 165, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.108 123.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbf88',
    500: '#8ca557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca557;
$custom-light: #afbf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.231,
    "s": 30.952,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68474,
    "c": 0.10817,
    "h": 123.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA557

secondary

#A59ABE

accent

#61C782

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F5F7F0

border

#CFD0CB

text

#10120B

muted

#7F817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA557

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

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