#8AAE36#8AAE36

#8AAE36 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.151 H 124.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAE36
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 54)
HSL	hsl(78, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(78, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -29.75, 54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 62.48, 118.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0858 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.151 124.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2833, 35.9415, 9.0420)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAE36 #5A36AE

analogous

#AE9636 #8AAE36 #4EAE36

triadic

#8AAE36 #368AAE #AE368A

tetradic

#8AAE36 #36AE96 #5A36AE #AE364E

square

#8AAE36 #36AE96 #5A36AE #AE364E

split-complementary

#8AAE36 #364EAE #9636AE

monochromatic

#405119 #657F28 #8AAE36 #A8CB56 #C0D985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#8AAE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#8AAE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAE36

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAE36	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A324

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aae36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.151 124.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc674',
    500: '#8aae36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aae36;
$custom-light: #afc674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aae36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70085,
    "c": 0.15079,
    "h": 124.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAE36

secondary

#927DC3

accent

#4CDC77

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAE36

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

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