#8AAE27#8AAE27

#8AAE27 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.160 H 124.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAE27
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 39)
HSL	hsl(76, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(76, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, -30.59, 60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 67.52, 116.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% -0.0894 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.16 124)
XYZ	xyz(25.9838, 35.8216, 7.4644)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAE27 #4B27AE

analogous

#AE8F27 #8AAE27 #47AE27

triadic

#8AAE27 #278AAE #AE278A

tetradic

#8AAE27 #27AE8F #4B27AE #AE2747

square

#8AAE27 #27AE8F #4B27AE #AE2747

split-complementary

#8AAE27 #2747AE #8F27AE

monochromatic

#3B4A11 #627C1C #8AAE27 #ACD43E #C2DF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#8AAE27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#8AAE27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAE27

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAE27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAE27	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)

#B8A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aae27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.160 124.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c66d',
    500: '#8aae27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aae27;
$custom-light: #b0c66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aae27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69982,
    "c": 0.15992,
    "h": 124
  },
  "luminance": 0.35822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAE27

secondary

#836BC6

accent

#41E66D

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAE27

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

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