#8CA96C#8CA96C

#8CA96C is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.090 H 129.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA96C
RGB	rgb(140, 169, 108)
HSL	hsl(89, 26%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(89, 36%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 0%, 36.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, -20.94, 28.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 35.19, 126.51°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% -0.0571 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.09 129.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7096, 35.0337, 19.4868)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA96C #896CA9

analogous

#A9A86C #8CA96C #6EA96C

triadic

#8CA96C #6C8CA9 #A96C8C

tetradic

#8CA96C #6CA9A8 #896CA9 #A96C6E

square

#8CA96C #6CA9A8 #896CA9 #A96C6E

split-complementary

#8CA96C #6C6EA9 #A86CA9

monochromatic

#4E6239 #6D8850 #8CA96C #AAC093 #C8D6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#8CA96C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#8CA96C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA96C

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA96C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA96C	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA168

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9F6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca96c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 169, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.090 129.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec297',
    500: '#8ca96c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca96c;
$custom-light: #aec297;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca96c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.525,
    "s": 26.18,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69759,
    "c": 0.09045,
    "h": 129.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA96C

secondary

#B8ABC5

accent

#65C392

background

#FAFBF9

surface

#F4F7F2

border

#CED0CC

text

#10120D

muted

#7F817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA96C

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

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