#8CA56D#8CA56D

#8CA56D is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.083 H 128.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA56D
RGB	rgb(140, 165, 109)
HSL	hsl(87, 24%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(87, 34%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 0%, 33.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, -18.76, 26.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 32.26, 125.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% -0.051 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.083 128)
XYZ	xyz(27.0303, 33.5896, 19.5244)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA56D #866DA5

analogous

#A5A26D #8CA56D #70A56D

triadic

#8CA56D #6D8CA5 #A56D8C

tetradic

#8CA56D #6DA5A2 #866DA5 #A56D70

square

#8CA56D #6DA5A2 #866DA5 #A56D70

split-complementary

#8CA56D #6D70A5 #A26DA5

monochromatic

#4E5E3A #6D8451 #8CA56D #AABC93 #C8D4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#8CA56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#8CA56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA56D

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA56D	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9E69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79C70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 165, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.083 128.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebf97',
    500: '#8ca56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca56d;
$custom-light: #aebf97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.786,
    "s": 23.729,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68851,
    "c": 0.08291,
    "h": 128
  },
  "luminance": 0.3359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA56D

secondary

#B6ABC3

accent

#68C08F

background

#FAFBF9

surface

#F4F7F2

border

#CED0CC

text

#10120D

muted

#7F817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA56D

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

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