#8AAD37#8AAD37

#8AAD37 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.149 H 124.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAD37
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 55)
HSL	hsl(78, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(78, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, -29.20, 54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 61.61, 118.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% -0.0842 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.149 124.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1146, 35.5660, 9.1028)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAD37 #5A37AD

analogous

#AD9537 #8AAD37 #4FAD37

triadic

#8AAD37 #378AAD #AD378A

tetradic

#8AAD37 #37AD95 #5A37AD #AD374F

square

#8AAD37 #37AD95 #5A37AD #AD374F

split-complementary

#8AAD37 #374FAD #9537AD

monochromatic

#405019 #657F28 #8AAD37 #A8CA57 #C0D886

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#8AAD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#8AAD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAD37

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAD37	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)

#B7A226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aad37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.149 124.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc574',
    500: '#8aad37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aad37;
$custom-light: #afc574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aad37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.797,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69854,
    "c": 0.14881,
    "h": 124.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAD37

secondary

#927DC2

accent

#4DDB77

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAD37

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

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