#8AA42A#8AA42A

#8AA42A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.146 H 121.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AA42A
RGB	rgb(138, 164, 42)
HSL	hsl(73, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(73, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 0%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, -25.63, 56.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 61.96, 114.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.61% -0.0755 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(67.61% 0.146 121.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1750, 32.1214, 7.1165)
Luminance	0.3212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AA42A #442AA4

analogous

#A4812A #8AA42A #4DA42A

triadic

#8AA42A #2A8AA4 #A42A8A

tetradic

#8AA42A #2AA481 #442AA4 #A42A4D

square

#8AA42A #2AA481 #442AA4 #A42A4D

split-complementary

#8AA42A #2A4DA4 #812AA4

monochromatic

#384311 #61731E #8AA42A #AFCD3E #C3DA6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#8AA42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#8AA42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AA42A

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AA42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AA42A	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aa42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 164, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.146 121.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbf6d',
    500: '#8aa42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aa42a;
$custom-light: #afbf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aa42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.787,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67611,
    "c": 0.14618,
    "h": 121.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AA42A

secondary

#7C69C1

accent

#45E267

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F7EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111207

muted

#80817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AA42A

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

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