#8AA231#8AA231

#8AA231 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.139 H 120.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AA231
RGB	rgb(138, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(73, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(73, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 0%, 69.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.90, -24.24, 53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.90, 58.52, 114.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.19% -0.0711 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(67.19% 0.139 120.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.9563, 31.4657, 7.7166)
Luminance	0.3147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AA231 #4931A2

analogous

#A28231 #8AA231 #52A231

triadic

#8AA231 #318AA2 #A2318A

tetradic

#8AA231 #31A282 #4931A2 #A23152

square

#8AA231 #31A282 #4931A2 #A23152

split-complementary

#8AA231 #3152A2 #8231A2

monochromatic

#3A4415 #627323 #8AA231 #ADC848 #C2D677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#8AA231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#8AA231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AA231

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AA231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AA231	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC981F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9983A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aa231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.139 120.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbd70',
    500: '#8aa231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aa231;
$custom-light: #afbd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aa231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.743,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67187,
    "c": 0.13921,
    "h": 120.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AA231

secondary

#8171BE

accent

#4BDD6A

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111208

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AA231

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

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