#8AAD38#8AAD38

#8AAD38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.148 H 124.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAD38
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 56)
HSL	hsl(78, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(78, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, -29.13, 53.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 61.23, 118.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.0839 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.148 124.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1388, 35.5757, 9.2303)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAD38 #5B38AD

analogous

#AD9638 #8AAD38 #4FAD38

triadic

#8AAD38 #388AAD #AD388A

tetradic

#8AAD38 #38AD96 #5B38AD #AD384F

square

#8AAD38 #38AD96 #5B38AD #AD384F

split-complementary

#8AAD38 #384FAD #9638AD

monochromatic

#40511A #657F29 #8AAD38 #A8C959 #C0D887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#8AAD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#8AAD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAD38

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAD38	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aad38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.148 124.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc575',
    500: '#8aad38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aad38;
$custom-light: #afc575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aad38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.949,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69863,
    "c": 0.1481,
    "h": 124.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAD38

secondary

#937FC2

accent

#4DDB78

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAD38

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

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