#8AAE1E#8AAE1E

#8AAE1E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.164 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAE1E
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 30)
HSL	hsl(75, 71%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(75, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 82.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, -30.97, 62.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 69.96, 116.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% -0.091 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.164 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8520, 35.7689, 6.7702)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAE1E #421EAE

analogous

#AE8A1E #8AAE1E #42AE1E

triadic

#8AAE1E #1E8AAE #AE1E8A

tetradic

#8AAE1E #1EAE8A #421EAE #AE1E42

square

#8AAE1E #1EAE8A #421EAE #AE1E42

split-complementary

#8AAE1E #1E42AE #8A1EAE

monochromatic

#37460C #617A15 #8AAE1E #B0DB2E #C4E462

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#8AAE1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#8AAE1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAE1E

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAE1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAE1E	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A12E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aae1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.164 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c669',
    500: '#8aae1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aae1e;
$custom-light: #b0c669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aae1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69936,
    "c": 0.1641,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAE1E

secondary

#795FC9

accent

#3AED67

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAE1E

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

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