#8AAA79#8AAA79

#8AAA79 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.078 H 135.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8AAA79
RGBrgb(138, 170, 121)
HSLhsl(99, 22%, 57%)
HSVhsv(99, 29%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(18.8%, 0%, 28.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LABlab(66.16, -20.24, 21.77)
CIE-LCHlch(66.16, 29.73, 132.92°)
OKLaboklab(70.11% -0.0549 0.0549)
OKLCHoklch(70.11% 0.078 135)
XYZxyz(28.3064, 35.5327, 23.4526)
Luminance0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8AAA79 #9979AA
analogous
#A2AA79 #8AAA79 #79AA81
triadic
#8AAA79 #798AAA #AA798A
tetradic
#8AAA79 #79A2AA #9979AA #AA8179
square
#8AAA79 #79A2AA #9979AA #AA8179
split-complementary
#8AAA79 #8179AA #AA79A2
monochromatic
#4F6741 #6B8D59 #8AAA79 #ABC29E #CBDAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59
#8AAA79 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11
#8AAA79 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAA79
8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8AAA79#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##8AAA791.002.598.118.11
#FFFFFF2.591.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1121.001.001.00
##0000008.1121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AEA376
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A9A07B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#8AA69D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8aaa79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 170, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.078 135.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc3a0',
    500: '#8aaa79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8aaa79;
$custom-light: #adc3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8aaa79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.184,
    "s": 22.374,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7011,
    "c": 0.0777,
    "h": 135
  },
  "luminance": 0.35533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8AAA79
secondary
#C2B5C9
accent
#69BFA1
background
#FAFCF9
surface
#F4F8F2
border
#CED1CC
text
#10120E
muted
#7F817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAA79

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#8AAA79 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva