#8AAE40#8AAE40

#8AAE40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.143 H 125.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAE40
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(80, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(80, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, -29.02, 50.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 58.58, 119.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.0829 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.143 125.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5428, 36.0452, 10.4085)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAE40 #6440AE

analogous

#AE9B40 #8AAE40 #53AE40

triadic

#8AAE40 #408AAE #AE408A

tetradic

#8AAE40 #40AE9B #6440AE #AE4053

square

#8AAE40 #40AE9B #6440AE #AE4053

split-complementary

#8AAE40 #4053AE #9B40AE

monochromatic

#43551F #678130 #8AAE40 #A6C665 #C0D792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#8AAE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#8AAE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAE40

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAE40	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.143 125.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc67a',
    500: '#8aae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aae40;
$custom-light: #afc67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.636,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70175,
    "c": 0.14326,
    "h": 125.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAE40

secondary

#9B88C2

accent

#52D67D

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAE40

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

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