#8AAD36#8AAD36

#8AAD36 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.150 H 124.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAD36
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 54)
HSL	hsl(78, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(78, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 68.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, -29.27, 54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 61.99, 118.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% -0.0845 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.15 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0909, 35.5565, 8.9779)
Luminance	0.3556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAD36 #5936AD

analogous

#AD9536 #8AAD36 #4FAD36

triadic

#8AAD36 #368AAD #AD368A

tetradic

#8AAD36 #36AD95 #5936AD #AD364F

square

#8AAD36 #36AD95 #5936AD #AD364F

split-complementary

#8AAD36 #364FAD #9536AD

monochromatic

#405019 #657E27 #8AAD36 #A8CA56 #C0D985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#8AAD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#8AAD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAD36

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAD36	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aad36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.150 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc574',
    500: '#8aad36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aad36;
$custom-light: #afc574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aad36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.647,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69846,
    "c": 0.14953,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAD36

secondary

#917CC2

accent

#4CDC76

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAD36

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

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