#8AA81B#8AA81B

#8AA81B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.158 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AA81B
RGB	rgb(138, 168, 27)
HSL	hsl(73, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(73, 84%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 0%, 83.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, -28.22, 61.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 68.07, 114.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% -0.0837 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.158 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6821, 33.4876, 6.2001)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AA81B #391BA8

analogous

#A87F1B #8AA81B #43A81B

triadic

#8AA81B #1B8AA8 #A81B8A

tetradic

#8AA81B #1BA87F #391BA8 #A81B43

square

#8AA81B #1BA87F #391BA8 #A81B43

split-complementary

#8AA81B #1B43A8 #7F1BA8

monochromatic

#333F0A #5F7313 #8AA81B #B5DC24 #C7E459

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#8AA81B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#8AA81B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AA81B

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AA81B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AA81B	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aa81b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 168, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.158 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c167',
    500: '#8aa81b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aa81b;
$custom-light: #b0c167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aa81b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.766,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68485,
    "c": 0.15831,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AA81B

secondary

#6F57C8

accent

#39EF60

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F7EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111207

muted

#80817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AA81B

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

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