#8AAE2C#8AAE2C

#8AAE2C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.157 H 124.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAE2C
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 44)
HSL	hsl(77, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(77, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -30.34, 58.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 65.96, 117.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% -0.0883 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.157 124.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0722, 35.8570, 7.9299)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAE2C #502CAE

analogous

#AE912C #8AAE2C #49AE2C

triadic

#8AAE2C #2C8AAE #AE2C8A

tetradic

#8AAE2C #2CAE91 #502CAE #AE2C49

square

#8AAE2C #2CAE91 #502CAE #AE2C49

split-complementary

#8AAE2C #2C49AE #912CAE

monochromatic

#3D4C13 #637D20 #8AAE2C #AAD047 #C1DD78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#8AAE2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#8AAE2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAE2C

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAE2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAE2C	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)

#B8A310

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aae2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.157 124.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c66f',
    500: '#8aae2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aae2c;
$custom-light: #b0c66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aae2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.615,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70012,
    "c": 0.15717,
    "h": 124.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAE2C

secondary

#8871C5

accent

#45E371

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAE2C

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

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