#8AAE28#8AAE28

#8AAE28 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.159 H 124.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAE28
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 40)
HSL	hsl(76, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(76, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -30.55, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 67.21, 117.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.0892 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.159 124)
XYZ	xyz(26.0006, 35.8284, 7.5528)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAE28 #4C28AE

analogous

#AE8F28 #8AAE28 #47AE28

triadic

#8AAE28 #288AAE #AE288A

tetradic

#8AAE28 #28AE8F #4C28AE #AE2847

square

#8AAE28 #28AE8F #4C28AE #AE2847

split-complementary

#8AAE28 #2847AE #8F28AE

monochromatic

#3B4A11 #637C1D #8AAE28 #ACD340 #C1DF72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#8AAE28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#8AAE28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAE28

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAE28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAE28	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A303

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aae28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.159 124.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c66d',
    500: '#8aae28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aae28;
$custom-light: #b0c66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aae28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.119,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69987,
    "c": 0.1594,
    "h": 124
  },
  "luminance": 0.35829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAE28

secondary

#846CC6

accent

#42E66E

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAE28

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

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