#8AAA59#8AAA59

#8AAA59 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.114 H 126.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAA59
RGB	rgb(138, 170, 89)
HSL	hsl(84, 32%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(84, 48%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 0%, 47.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, -24.65, 38.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 45.29, 122.97°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% -0.0685 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.114 126.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6590, 34.8737, 14.7760)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAA59 #7959AA

analogous

#AAA159 #8AAA59 #61AA59

triadic

#8AAA59 #598AAA #AA598A

tetradic

#8AAA59 #59AAA1 #7959AA #AA5961

square

#8AAA59 #59AAA1 #7959AA #AA5961

split-complementary

#8AAA59 #5961AA #A159AA

monochromatic

#495A2E #6A8343 #8AAA59 #A7BF81 #C3D3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#8AAA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#8AAA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAA59

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAA59	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EA497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aaa59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 170, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.114 126.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec389',
    500: '#8aaa59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aaa59;
$custom-light: #aec389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aaa59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.704,
    "s": 32.271,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69533,
    "c": 0.11421,
    "h": 126.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAA59

secondary

#AC9DC1

accent

#5FC889

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F4F8F0

border

#CED1CB

text

#10120C

muted

#7F817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAA59

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

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