#8AAD27#8AAD27

#8AAD27 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.159 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAD27
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 39)
HSL	hsl(76, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(76, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, -30.12, 59.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 67.06, 116.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% -0.0881 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.159 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7913, 35.4367, 7.4003)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAD27 #4A27AD

analogous

#AD8D27 #8AAD27 #47AD27

triadic

#8AAD27 #278AAD #AD278A

tetradic

#8AAD27 #27AD8D #4A27AD #AD2747

square

#8AAD27 #27AD8D #4A27AD #AD2747

split-complementary

#8AAD27 #2747AD #8D27AD

monochromatic

#3A4910 #627B1C #8AAD27 #ACD33E #C2DF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#8AAD27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#8AAD27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAD27

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAD27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAD27	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A201

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aad27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.159 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c56c',
    500: '#8aad27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aad27;
$custom-light: #b0c56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aad27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.672,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69742,
    "c": 0.15872,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAD27

secondary

#826AC6

accent

#42E66D

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAD27

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

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