#8AA61B#8AA61B

#8AA61B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.156 H 121.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AA61B
RGB	rgb(138, 166, 27)
HSL	hsl(72, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(72, 84%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 0%, 83.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.96, -27.25, 61.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.96, 67.20, 113.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% -0.0811 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.156 121.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3157, 32.7548, 6.0780)
Luminance	0.3276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AA61B #371BA6

analogous

#A67C1B #8AA61B #45A61B

triadic

#8AA61B #1B8AA6 #A61B8A

tetradic

#8AA61B #1BA67C #371BA6 #A61B45

square

#8AA61B #1BA67C #371BA6 #A61B45

split-complementary

#8AA61B #1B45A6 #7C1BA6

monochromatic

#323D0A #5E7112 #8AA61B #B6DB24 #C8E458

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#8AA61B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#8AA61B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AA61B

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AA61B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AA61B	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aa61b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 166, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.156 121.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c067',
    500: '#8aa61b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aa61b;
$custom-light: #b0c067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aa61b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.086,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68007,
    "c": 0.156,
    "h": 121.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AA61B

secondary

#6D56C7

accent

#39EF5E

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F7EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111207

muted

#80817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AA61B

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

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