#8AAD3B#8AAD3B

#8AAD3B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.146 H 124.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAD3B
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 59)
HSL	hsl(78, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(78, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 65.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -28.92, 52.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 60.07, 118.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% -0.0831 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.146 124.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2144, 35.6059, 9.6284)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAD3B #5E3BAD

analogous

#AD973B #8AAD3B #51AD3B

triadic

#8AAD3B #3B8AAD #AD3B8A

tetradic

#8AAD3B #3BAD97 #5E3BAD #AD3B51

square

#8AAD3B #3BAD97 #5E3BAD #AD3B51

split-complementary

#8AAD3B #3B51AD #973BAD

monochromatic

#41521C #667F2B #8AAD3B #A7C85D #C0D78B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#8AAD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#8AAD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAD3B

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAD3B	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)

#B6A22C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aad3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.146 124.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc577',
    500: '#8aad3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aad3b;
$custom-light: #afc577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aad3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.421,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69889,
    "c": 0.14587,
    "h": 124.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAD3B

secondary

#9682C2

accent

#4FD979

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAD3B

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

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