#8E9963#8E9963

#8E9963 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.076 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9963
RGB	rgb(142, 153, 99)
HSL	hsl(72, 21%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(72, 35%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 35.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.16, -13.10, 27.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.16, 30.11, 115.79°)
OKLab	oklab(66.06% -0.0355 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(66.06% 0.076 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7987, 29.4342, 16.1769)
Luminance	0.2943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9963 #6E6399

analogous

#998963 #8E9963 #739963

triadic

#8E9963 #638E99 #99638E

tetradic

#8E9963 #639989 #6E6399 #996373

square

#8E9963 #639989 #6E6399 #996373

split-complementary

#8E9963 #637399 #896399

monochromatic

#494F33 #6C744B #8E9963 #A9B288 #C4CAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#8E9963 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#8E9963 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9963

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9963	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9963	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0935F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9465

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9963;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 153, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.076 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b790',
    500: '#8e9963',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9963;
$custom-light: #b0b790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9963",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.222,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66058,
    "c": 0.0759,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9963

secondary

#A59FB8

accent

#6ABE7B

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F5F6F0

border

#CFD0CB

text

#10110C

muted

#7F807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9963

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

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