#8AAE22#8AAE22

#8AAE22 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.162 H 123.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAE22
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 34)
HSL	hsl(75, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(75, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -30.81, 61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 68.93, 116.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.0903 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.162 123.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.9063, 35.7907, 7.0565)
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

#8AAE22 #4622AE

analogous

#AE8C22 #8AAE22 #44AE22

triadic

#8AAE22 #228AAE #AE228A

tetradic

#8AAE22 #22AE8C #4622AE #AE2244

square

#8AAE22 #22AE8C #4622AE #AE2244

split-complementary

#8AAE22 #2244AE #8C22AE

monochromatic

#39480E #617B18 #8AAE22 #AED836 #C3E269

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#8AAE22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#8AAE22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAE22

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAE22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAE22	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)

#B4A131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aae22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.162 123.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c66a',
    500: '#8aae22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aae22;
$custom-light: #b0c66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aae22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.429,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69955,
    "c": 0.16237,
    "h": 123.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAE22

secondary

#7E64C7

accent

#3EEA6A

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAE22

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

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