#8AAE3E#8AAE3E

#8AAE3E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.145 H 125.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAE3E
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 62)
HSL	hsl(79, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(79, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -29.18, 51.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 59.39, 119.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0835 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.145 125.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4869, 36.0229, 10.1142)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAE3E #623EAE

analogous

#AE9A3E #8AAE3E #52AE3E

triadic

#8AAE3E #3E8AAE #AE3E8A

tetradic

#8AAE3E #3EAE9A #623EAE #AE3E52

square

#8AAE3E #3EAE9A #623EAE #AE3E52

split-complementary

#8AAE3E #3E52AE #9A3EAE

monochromatic

#42541E #66812E #8AAE3E #A7C762 #C0D78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#8AAE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#8AAE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAE3E

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAE3E	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)

#B7A330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aae3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.145 125.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc679',
    500: '#8aae3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aae3e;
$custom-light: #afc679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aae3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.286,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70155,
    "c": 0.14485,
    "h": 125.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAE3E

secondary

#9986C2

accent

#51D77C

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAE3E

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

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