#8AA42C#8AA42C

#8AA42C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.145 H 121.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AA42C
RGB	rgb(138, 164, 44)
HSL	hsl(73, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(73, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 0%, 73.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.46, -25.52, 55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.46, 61.28, 114.62°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% -0.0751 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.145 121.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2117, 32.1361, 7.3097)
Luminance	0.3214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AA42C #462CA4

analogous

#A4822C #8AA42C #4EA42C

triadic

#8AA42C #2C8AA4 #A42C8A

tetradic

#8AA42C #2CA482 #462CA4 #A42C4E

square

#8AA42C #2CA482 #462CA4 #A42C4E

split-complementary

#8AA42C #2C4EA4 #822CA4

monochromatic

#394312 #61741F #8AA42C #AECC41 #C3D971

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#8AA42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#8AA42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AA42C

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AA42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AA42C	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aa42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 164, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.145 121.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbf6e',
    500: '#8aa42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aa42c;
$custom-light: #afbf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aa42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67625,
    "c": 0.14496,
    "h": 121.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AA42C

secondary

#7E6BC0

accent

#47E168

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F7EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111208

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AA42C

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

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