#8E9C49#8E9C49

#8E9C49 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.110 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9C49
RGB	rgb(142, 156, 73)
HSL	hsl(70, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(70, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 53.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.66, -17.64, 41.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.66, 44.88, 113.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.34% -0.0505 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(66.34% 0.11 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2467, 30.0090, 10.8170)
Luminance	0.3001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9C49 #57499C

analogous

#9C8049 #8E9C49 #659C49

triadic

#8E9C49 #498E9C #9C498E

tetradic

#8E9C49 #499C80 #57499C #9C4965

square

#8E9C49 #499C80 #57499C #9C4965

split-complementary

#8E9C49 #49659C #80499C

monochromatic

#424922 #687235 #8E9C49 #ABB969 #C3CC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#8E9C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#8E9C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9C49

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9C49	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4954E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 156, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.110 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b97e',
    500: '#8e9c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9c49;
$custom-light: #b1b97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.12,
    "s": 36.245,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66338,
    "c": 0.10954,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9C49

secondary

#9088B8

accent

#5CCC6F

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#11110A

muted

#80807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9C49

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

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