#8AAE2B#8AAE2B

#8AAE2B 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	#8AAE2B
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 43)
HSL	hsl(76, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(76, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, -30.40, 58.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 66.28, 117.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% -0.0885 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.158 124.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0536, 35.8496, 7.8321)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAE2B #4F2BAE

analogous

#AE912B #8AAE2B #48AE2B

triadic

#8AAE2B #2B8AAE #AE2B8A

tetradic

#8AAE2B #2BAE91 #4F2BAE #AE2B48

square

#8AAE2B #2BAE91 #4F2BAE #AE2B48

split-complementary

#8AAE2B #2B48AE #912BAE

monochromatic

#3C4C13 #637D1F #8AAE2B #ABD145 #C1DD76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#8AAE2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#8AAE2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAE2B

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAE2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAE2B	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)

#B8A30D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aae2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.158 124.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c66e',
    500: '#8aae2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aae2b;
$custom-light: #b0c66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aae2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.489,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70006,
    "c": 0.15774,
    "h": 124.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAE2B

secondary

#8770C5

accent

#44E470

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAE2B

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

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