#8AAE2A#8AAE2A

#8AAE2A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.158 H 124.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAE2A
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 42)
HSL	hsl(76, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(76, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, -30.45, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 66.60, 117.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.0887 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.158 124.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0355, 35.8423, 7.7367)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAE2A #4E2AAE

analogous

#AE902A #8AAE2A #48AE2A

triadic

#8AAE2A #2A8AAE #AE2A8A

tetradic

#8AAE2A #2AAE90 #4E2AAE #AE2A48

square

#8AAE2A #2AAE90 #4E2AAE #AE2A48

split-complementary

#8AAE2A #2A48AE #902AAE

monochromatic

#3C4B12 #637D1E #8AAE2A #ABD243 #C1DE75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#8AAE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#8AAE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAE2A

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAE2A	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)

#B8A30A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aae2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.158 124.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c66e',
    500: '#8aae2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aae2a;
$custom-light: #b0c66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aae2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.364,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69999,
    "c": 0.15831,
    "h": 124.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAE2A

secondary

#866FC5

accent

#44E46F

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAE2A

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

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