#8AAE3B#8AAE3B

#8AAE3B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.147 H 125.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAE3B
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 59)
HSL	hsl(79, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(79, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -29.40, 52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 60.58, 119.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% -0.0844 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.147 125)
XYZ	xyz(26.4068, 35.9909, 9.6925)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAE3B #5F3BAE

analogous

#AE983B #8AAE3B #50AE3B

triadic

#8AAE3B #3B8AAE #AE3B8A

tetradic

#8AAE3B #3BAE98 #5F3BAE #AE3B50

square

#8AAE3B #3BAE98 #5F3BAE #AE3B50

split-complementary

#8AAE3B #3B50AE #983BAE

monochromatic

#42531C #66802C #8AAE3B #A7C85E #C0D88C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#8AAE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#8AAE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAE3B

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAE3B	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A32B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aae3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.147 125.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc677',
    500: '#8aae3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aae3b;
$custom-light: #afc677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aae3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.783,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70128,
    "c": 0.14716,
    "h": 125
  },
  "luminance": 0.35991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAE3B

secondary

#9682C2

accent

#4FD97A

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAE3B

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

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