#8AAD3C#8AAD3C

#8AAD3C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.145 H 124.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAD3C
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 60)
HSL	hsl(79, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(79, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 65.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, -28.85, 52.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 59.68, 118.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.0828 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.145 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2406, 35.6164, 9.7663)
Luminance	0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAD3C #5F3CAD

analogous

#AD973C #8AAD3C #51AD3C

triadic

#8AAD3C #3C8AAD #AD3C8A

tetradic

#8AAD3C #3CAD97 #5F3CAD #AD3C51

square

#8AAD3C #3CAD97 #5F3CAD #AD3C51

split-complementary

#8AAD3C #3C51AD #973CAD

monochromatic

#42521C #66802C #8AAD3C #A7C75F #C0D78C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#8AAD3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#8AAD3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAD3C

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAD3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAD3C	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)

#B6A22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aad3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.145 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc577',
    500: '#8aad3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aad3c;
$custom-light: #afc577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aad3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.584,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69898,
    "c": 0.1451,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAD3C

secondary

#9683C2

accent

#50D87A

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAD3C

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

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