#8AA42E#8AA42E

#8AA42E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.144 H 121.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AA42E
RGB	rgb(138, 164, 46)
HSL	hsl(73, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(73, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 0%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, -25.41, 54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 60.57, 114.80°)
OKLab	oklab(67.64% -0.0746 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(67.64% 0.144 121.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2502, 32.1515, 7.5125)
Luminance	0.3215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AA42E #482EA4

analogous

#A4832E #8AA42E #4FA42E

triadic

#8AA42E #2E8AA4 #A42E8A

tetradic

#8AA42E #2EA483 #482EA4 #A42E4F

square

#8AA42E #2EA483 #482EA4 #A42E4F

split-complementary

#8AA42E #2E4FA4 #832EA4

monochromatic

#3A4413 #627421 #8AA42E #ADCB45 #C2D874

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#8AA42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#8AA42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AA42E

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AA42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AA42E	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)

#AE9A19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aa42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 164, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.144 121.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbf6f',
    500: '#8aa42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aa42e;
$custom-light: #afbf6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aa42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.22,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67639,
    "c": 0.14369,
    "h": 121.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AA42E

secondary

#806EC0

accent

#48DF6A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F7EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111208

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AA42E

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

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