#8AAE29#8AAE29

#8AAE29 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.159 H 124.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAE29
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 41)
HSL	hsl(76, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(76, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -30.50, 59.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 66.91, 117.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.089 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.159 124.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0178, 35.8352, 7.6436)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAE29 #4D29AE

analogous

#AE9029 #8AAE29 #47AE29

triadic

#8AAE29 #298AAE #AE298A

tetradic

#8AAE29 #29AE90 #4D29AE #AE2947

square

#8AAE29 #29AE90 #4D29AE #AE2947

split-complementary

#8AAE29 #2947AE #9029AE

monochromatic

#3B4B12 #637C1D #8AAE29 #ABD242 #C1DE73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#8AAE29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#8AAE29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAE29

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAE29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAE29	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)

#B8A307

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aae29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.159 124.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c66d',
    500: '#8aae29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aae29;
$custom-light: #b0c66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aae29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.241,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69993,
    "c": 0.15886,
    "h": 124.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAE29

secondary

#856DC5

accent

#43E56F

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAE29

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

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