#8AAE42#8AAE42

#8AAE42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.142 H 125.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAE42
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(80, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(80, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, -28.86, 50.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 57.76, 119.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.0822 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.142 125.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6007, 36.0684, 10.7137)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAE42 #6642AE

analogous

#AE9C42 #8AAE42 #54AE42

triadic

#8AAE42 #428AAE #AE428A

tetradic

#8AAE42 #42AE9C #6642AE #AE4254

square

#8AAE42 #42AE9C #6642AE #AE4254

split-complementary

#8AAE42 #4254AE #9C42AE

monochromatic

#445520 #678231 #8AAE42 #A6C668 #C0D694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#8AAE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#8AAE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAE42

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAE42	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)

#B7A335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.142 125.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc67b',
    500: '#8aae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aae42;
$custom-light: #afc67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70195,
    "c": 0.14162,
    "h": 125.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAE42

secondary

#9D8AC2

accent

#53D57E

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAE42

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

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