#8CA55E#8CA55E

#8CA55E is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.100 H 124.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA55E
RGB	rgb(140, 165, 94)
HSL	hsl(81, 28%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(81, 43%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 0%, 43%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, -20.76, 33.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 39.75, 121.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% -0.0574 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.1 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2906, 33.2937, 15.6288)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA55E #775EA5

analogous

#A59A5E #8CA55E #68A55E

triadic

#8CA55E #5E8CA5 #A55E8C

tetradic

#8CA55E #5EA59A #775EA5 #A55E68

square

#8CA55E #5EA59A #775EA5 #A55E68

split-complementary

#8CA55E #5E68A5 #9A5EA5

monochromatic

#4A5831 #6B7F47 #8CA55E #A8BB85 #C4D1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#8CA55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#8CA55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA55E

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA55E	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9D58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99C62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#909F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 165, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.100 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbf8d',
    500: '#8ca55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca55e;
$custom-light: #afbf8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.127,
    "s": 28.287,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68583,
    "c": 0.10045,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA55E

secondary

#ABA0BF

accent

#63C586

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F4F7F0

border

#CED0CB

text

#10120C

muted

#7F817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA55E

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

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