#8AAE38#8AAE38

#8AAE38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.149 H 124.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAE38
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(78, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(78, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, -29.61, 54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 61.73, 118.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.0853 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.149 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.3313, 35.9606, 9.2945)
Luminance	0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAE38 #5C38AE

analogous

#AE9738 #8AAE38 #4FAE38

triadic

#8AAE38 #388AAE #AE388A

tetradic

#8AAE38 #38AE97 #5C38AE #AE384F

square

#8AAE38 #38AE97 #5C38AE #AE384F

split-complementary

#8AAE38 #384FAE #9738AE

monochromatic

#41511A #658029 #8AAE38 #A7CA59 #C0D988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#8AAE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#8AAE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAE38

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAE38	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)

#B7A327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.149 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc675',
    500: '#8aae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aae38;
$custom-light: #afc675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.305,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70102,
    "c": 0.14937,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAE38

secondary

#947FC3

accent

#4DDB78

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAE38

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

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