#8CA759#8CA759

#8CA759 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.109 H 124.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA759
RGB	rgb(140, 167, 89)
HSL	hsl(81, 31%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(81, 47%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 0%, 46.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, -22.37, 37.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 43.34, 121.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% -0.0622 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.109 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4370, 33.9340, 14.6064)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA759 #7459A7

analogous

#A79B59 #8CA759 #65A759

triadic

#8CA759 #598CA7 #A7598C

tetradic

#8CA759 #59A79B #7459A7 #A75965

square

#8CA759 #59A79B #7459A7 #A75965

split-complementary

#8CA759 #5965A7 #9B59A7

monochromatic

#49572E #6B7F43 #8CA759 #A8BC81 #C3D1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#8CA759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#8CA759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA759

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA759	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 167, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.109 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc189',
    500: '#8ca759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca759;
$custom-light: #afc189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.769,
    "s": 30.709,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68972,
    "c": 0.10892,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA759

secondary

#A99CBF

accent

#61C784

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F5F7F0

border

#CFD0CB

text

#10120C

muted

#7F817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA759

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

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