#8CA561#8CA561

#8CA561 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.097 H 125.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA561
RGB	rgb(140, 165, 97)
HSL	hsl(82, 27%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(82, 41%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 0%, 41.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.44, -20.39, 32.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.44, 38.27, 122.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% -0.0561 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.097 125.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4279, 33.3486, 16.3516)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA561 #7A61A5

analogous

#A59C61 #8CA561 #6AA561

triadic

#8CA561 #618CA5 #A5618C

tetradic

#8CA561 #61A59C #7A61A5 #A5616A

square

#8CA561 #61A59C #7A61A5 #A5616A

split-complementary

#8CA561 #616AA5 #9C61A5

monochromatic

#4B5933 #6C8049 #8CA561 #A8BB88 #C5D1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#8CA561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#8CA561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA561

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA561	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9D5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89C65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#909F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 165, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.097 125.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebf8f',
    500: '#8ca561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca561;
$custom-light: #aebf8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.059,
    "s": 27.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68633,
    "c": 0.09704,
    "h": 125.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA561

secondary

#ADA2C0

accent

#64C487

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F4F7F0

border

#CED0CB

text

#10120C

muted

#7F817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA561

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

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