#8AAE3C#8AAE3C

#8AAE3C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.146 H 125.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAE3C
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 60)
HSL	hsl(79, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(79, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 65.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, -29.33, 52.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 60.18, 119.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% -0.0841 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.146 125.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4330, 36.0013, 9.8305)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAE3C #603CAE

analogous

#AE993C #8AAE3C #51AE3C

triadic

#8AAE3C #3C8AAE #AE3C8A

tetradic

#8AAE3C #3CAE99 #603CAE #AE3C51

square

#8AAE3C #3CAE99 #603CAE #AE3C51

split-complementary

#8AAE3C #3C51AE #993CAE

monochromatic

#42531D #66802C #8AAE3C #A7C85F #C0D88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#8AAE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#8AAE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAE3C

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAE3C	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)

#B7A32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aae3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.146 125.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc677',
    500: '#8aae3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aae3c;
$custom-light: #afc677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aae3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.947,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70137,
    "c": 0.1464,
    "h": 125.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAE3C

secondary

#9783C2

accent

#50D87B

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAE3C

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

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