#8AAE2D#8AAE2D

#8AAE2D 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	#8AAE2D
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 45)
HSL	hsl(77, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(77, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -30.29, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 65.63, 117.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.0881 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.157 124.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0912, 35.8646, 8.0301)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAE2D #512DAE

analogous

#AE912D #8AAE2D #4AAE2D

triadic

#8AAE2D #2D8AAE #AE2D8A

tetradic

#8AAE2D #2DAE91 #512DAE #AE2D4A

square

#8AAE2D #2DAE91 #512DAE #AE2D4A

split-complementary

#8AAE2D #2D4AAE #912DAE

monochromatic

#3D4D14 #637D20 #8AAE2D #AAD048 #C1DC79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#8AAE2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#8AAE2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAE2D

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAE2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAE2D	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)

#B8A312

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aae2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.157 124.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c66f',
    500: '#8aae2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aae2d;
$custom-light: #b0c66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aae2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.744,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70019,
    "c": 0.15659,
    "h": 124.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAE2D

secondary

#8972C4

accent

#46E271

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAE2D

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

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