#8CA856#8CA856

#8CA856 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.114 H 124.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA856
RGB	rgb(140, 168, 86)
HSL	hsl(80, 32%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(80, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 48.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, -23.21, 38.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 45.34, 120.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% -0.0648 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.114 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4975, 34.2524, 14.0177)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA856 #7256A8

analogous

#A89B56 #8CA856 #63A856

triadic

#8CA856 #568CA8 #A8568C

tetradic

#8CA856 #56A89B #7256A8 #A85663

square

#8CA856 #56A89B #7256A8 #A85663

split-complementary

#8CA856 #5663A8 #9B56A8

monochromatic

#49572D #6A8041 #8CA856 #A8BD7E #C3D2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#8CA856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#8CA856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA856

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA856	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9E5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 168, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.114 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc287',
    500: '#8ca856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca856;
$custom-light: #afc287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.488,
    "s": 32.283,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69162,
    "c": 0.11357,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA856

secondary

#A79ABF

accent

#5FC883

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F5F7F0

border

#CFD0CB

text

#10120B

muted

#7F817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA856

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

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