#8AAE37#8AAE37

#8AAE37 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.150 H 124.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAE37
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(78, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(78, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -29.68, 54.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 62.11, 118.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0855 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.15 124.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.3071, 35.9509, 9.1670)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAE37 #5B37AE

analogous

#AE9637 #8AAE37 #4FAE37

triadic

#8AAE37 #378AAE #AE378A

tetradic

#8AAE37 #37AE96 #5B37AE #AE374F

square

#8AAE37 #37AE96 #5B37AE #AE374F

split-complementary

#8AAE37 #374FAE #9637AE

monochromatic

#40511A #657F28 #8AAE37 #A8CA58 #C0D986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#8AAE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#8AAE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAE37

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAE37	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)

#B7A325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.150 124.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc675',
    500: '#8aae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aae37;
$custom-light: #afc675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.151,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70093,
    "c": 0.15009,
    "h": 124.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAE37

secondary

#937EC3

accent

#4CDB78

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAE37

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

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