#8AAE31#8AAE31

#8AAE31 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.154 H 124.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAE31
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 49)
HSL	hsl(77, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(77, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, -30.06, 56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 64.28, 117.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.0871 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.154 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1719, 35.8969, 8.4551)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAE31 #5531AE

analogous

#AE9331 #8AAE31 #4BAE31

triadic

#8AAE31 #318AAE #AE318A

tetradic

#8AAE31 #31AE93 #5531AE #AE314B

square

#8AAE31 #31AE93 #5531AE #AE314B

split-complementary

#8AAE31 #314BAE #9331AE

monochromatic

#3E4E16 #647E24 #8AAE31 #A9CD4F #C0DB7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#8AAE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#8AAE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAE31

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAE31	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A31B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aae31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.154 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c671',
    500: '#8aae31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aae31;
$custom-light: #b0c671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aae31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.28,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70047,
    "c": 0.15413,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAE31

secondary

#8D77C4

accent

#48DF74

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAE31

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

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