#8AAE23#8AAE23

#8AAE23 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	#8AAE23
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 35)
HSL	hsl(76, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(76, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -30.77, 61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 68.66, 116.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.0902 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.162 123.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.9210, 35.7965, 7.1336)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAE23 #4723AE

analogous

#AE8C23 #8AAE23 #44AE23

triadic

#8AAE23 #238AAE #AE238A

tetradic

#8AAE23 #23AE8C #4723AE #AE2344

square

#8AAE23 #23AE8C #4723AE #AE2344

split-complementary

#8AAE23 #2344AE #8C23AE

monochromatic

#39480F #627B19 #8AAE23 #AED737 #C2E16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#8AAE23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#8AAE23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAE23

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAE23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAE23	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)

#B4A132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aae23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.162 123.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c66b',
    500: '#8aae23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aae23;
$custom-light: #b0c66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aae23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.54,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6996,
    "c": 0.1619,
    "h": 123.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAE23

secondary

#7F66C7

accent

#3EE96B

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAE23

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

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