#8CA978#8CA978

#8CA978 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.076 H 133.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA978
RGB	rgb(140, 169, 120)
HSL	hsl(96, 22%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(96, 29%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 0%, 29%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, -19.15, 22.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 29.24, 130.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.0519 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.076 133)
XYZ	xyz(28.3927, 35.3070, 23.0847)
Luminance	0.3531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA978 #9578A9

analogous

#A5A978 #8CA978 #78A97D

triadic

#8CA978 #788CA9 #A9788C

tetradic

#8CA978 #78A5A9 #9578A9 #A97D78

square

#8CA978 #78A5A9 #9578A9 #A97D78

split-complementary

#8CA978 #7D78A9 #A978A5

monochromatic

#506641 #6D8B59 #8CA978 #ACC19D #CCD9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#8CA978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#8CA978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA978

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA978	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A07A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DA59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 169, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.076 133.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec29f',
    500: '#8ca978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca978;
$custom-light: #aec29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.51,
    "s": 22.172,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69999,
    "c": 0.07615,
    "h": 133
  },
  "luminance": 0.35307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA978

secondary

#C0B4C8

accent

#69BF9C

background

#FAFBF9

surface

#F4F7F2

border

#CED0CC

text

#10120E

muted

#7F817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA978

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

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