#8AAD1B#8AAD1B

#8AAD1B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.164 H 123.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAD1B
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 27)
HSL	hsl(74, 73%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(74, 84%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 84.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, -30.60, 63.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 70.24, 115.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% -0.0902 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.164 123.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6230, 35.3694, 6.5138)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAD1B #3E1BAD

analogous

#AD871B #8AAD1B #41AD1B

triadic

#8AAD1B #1B8AAD #AD1B8A

tetradic

#8AAD1B #1BAD87 #3E1BAD #AD1B41

square

#8AAD1B #1BAD87 #3E1BAD #AD1B41

split-complementary

#8AAD1B #1B41AD #871BAD

monochromatic

#36430A #607813 #8AAD1B #B2DD28 #C5E65D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#8AAD1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#8AAD1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAD1B

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAD1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAD1B	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A02C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aad1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.164 123.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c568',
    500: '#8aad1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aad1b;
$custom-light: #b0c568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aad1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.384,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69683,
    "c": 0.16411,
    "h": 123.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAD1B

secondary

#755ACA

accent

#38F064

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EB

border

#D0D1C6

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAD1B

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

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