#8AAD55#8AAD55

#8AAD55 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.123 H 127.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAD55
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 85)
HSL	hsl(84, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(84, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 50.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -26.57, 41.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 48.86, 122.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.0742 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.123 127.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0644, 35.9459, 14.1050)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAD55 #7855AD

analogous

#ADA455 #8AAD55 #5EAD55

triadic

#8AAD55 #558AAD #AD558A

tetradic

#8AAD55 #55ADA4 #7855AD #AD555E

square

#8AAD55 #55ADA4 #7855AD #AD555E

split-complementary

#8AAD55 #555EAD #A455AD

monochromatic

#495B2C #698540 #8AAD55 #A6C17E #C3D5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#8AAD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#8AAD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAD55

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAD55	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EA699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aad55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.123 127.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec587',
    500: '#8aad55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aad55;
$custom-light: #aec587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aad55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.864,
    "s": 34.921,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70184,
    "c": 0.12271,
    "h": 127.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAD55

secondary

#AB9BC2

accent

#5DCB89

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F5F8F0

border

#CFD1CB

text

#10130B

muted

#7F827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAD55

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

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