#8AAE21#8AAE21

#8AAE21 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.163 H 123.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAE21
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 33)
HSL	hsl(75, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(75, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -30.85, 61.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 69.20, 116.48°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% -0.0905 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.163 123.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8921, 35.7850, 6.9817)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAE21 #4521AE

analogous

#AE8B21 #8AAE21 #43AE21

triadic

#8AAE21 #218AAE #AE218A

tetradic

#8AAE21 #21AE8B #4521AE #AE2143

square

#8AAE21 #21AE8B #4521AE #AE2143

split-complementary

#8AAE21 #2143AE #8B21AE

monochromatic

#38470D #617B17 #8AAE21 #AED834 #C3E267

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#8AAE21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#8AAE21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAE21

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAE21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAE21	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aae21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.163 123.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c66a',
    500: '#8aae21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aae21;
$custom-light: #b0c66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aae21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.319,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6995,
    "c": 0.16281,
    "h": 123.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAE21

secondary

#7D63C8

accent

#3DEB69

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAE21

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

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