#8AA81C#8AA81C

#8AA81C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.158 H 122.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AA81C
RGB	rgb(138, 168, 28)
HSL	hsl(73, 71%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(73, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 0%, 83.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, -28.18, 61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 67.83, 114.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% -0.0836 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.158 122)
XYZ	xyz(24.6939, 33.4923, 6.2621)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AA81C #3A1CA8

analogous

#A8801C #8AA81C #44A81C

triadic

#8AA81C #1C8AA8 #A81C8A

tetradic

#8AA81C #1CA880 #3A1CA8 #A81C44

square

#8AA81C #1CA880 #3A1CA8 #A81C44

split-complementary

#8AA81C #1C44A8 #801CA8

monochromatic

#343F0B #5F7413 #8AA81C #B4DB26 #C6E45B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#8AA81C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#8AA81C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AA81C

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AA81C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AA81C	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)

#AF9D2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aa81c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 168, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.158 122.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c167',
    500: '#8aa81c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aa81c;
$custom-light: #b0c167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aa81c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.857,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68489,
    "c": 0.15791,
    "h": 122
  },
  "luminance": 0.33492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AA81C

secondary

#7058C7

accent

#3AEE60

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F7EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111207

muted

#80817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AA81C

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

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