#8AAD42#8AAD42

#8AAD42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.140 H 125.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAD42
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 66)
HSL	hsl(80, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(80, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 61.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, -28.38, 49.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 57.24, 119.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.0809 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.14 125.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4083, 35.6835, 10.6495)
Luminance	0.3568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAD42 #6542AD

analogous

#AD9B42 #8AAD42 #55AD42

triadic

#8AAD42 #428AAD #AD428A

tetradic

#8AAD42 #42AD9B #6542AD #AD4255

square

#8AAD42 #42AD9B #6542AD #AD4255

split-complementary

#8AAD42 #4255AD #9B42AD

monochromatic

#435420 #678131 #8AAD42 #A6C567 #C0D693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#8AAD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#8AAD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAD42

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAD42	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aad42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.140 125.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc57b',
    500: '#8aad42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aad42;
$custom-light: #afc57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aad42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.626,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69956,
    "c": 0.14029,
    "h": 125.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAD42

secondary

#9C89C1

accent

#53D47E

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAD42

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

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