#8EA579#8EA579

#8EA579 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.067 H 130.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA579
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 121)
HSL	hsl(91, 20%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(91, 27%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 26.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, -16.18, 20.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 25.91, 128.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% -0.0436 0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.067 130.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0611, 34.0412, 23.1777)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA579 #9079A5

analogous

#A4A579 #8EA579 #79A57A

triadic

#8EA579 #798EA5 #A5798E

tetradic

#8EA579 #79A4A5 #9079A5 #A57A79

square

#8EA579 #79A4A5 #9079A5 #A57A79

split-complementary

#8EA579 #7A79A5 #A579A4

monochromatic

#516242 #6F865A #8EA579 #ADBE9E #CCD6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#8EA579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#8EA579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA579

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA579	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99F76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69D7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.067 130.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbfa0',
    500: '#8ea579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea579;
$custom-light: #afbfa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.364,
    "s": 19.643,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69247,
    "c": 0.06727,
    "h": 130.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA579

secondary

#BDB4C6

accent

#6CBC96

background

#FAFBF9

surface

#F4F7F2

border

#CED0CC

text

#10120E

muted

#7F817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA579

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

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