#8AAE49#8AAE49

#8AAE49 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.136 H 126.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAE49
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(81, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(81, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 58%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, -28.25, 46.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 54.79, 121.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.0799 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.136 126.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8199, 36.1561, 11.8679)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAE49 #6D49AE

analogous

#AE9F49 #8AAE49 #57AE49

triadic

#8AAE49 #498AAE #AE498A

tetradic

#8AAE49 #49AE9F #6D49AE #AE4957

square

#8AAE49 #49AE9F #6D49AE #AE4957

split-complementary

#8AAE49 #4957AE #9F49AE

monochromatic

#465825 #688337 #8AAE49 #A6C371 #C1D59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#8AAE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#8AAE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAE49

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAE49	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A33E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FA798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.136 126.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec67f',
    500: '#8aae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aae49;
$custom-light: #aec67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.386,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7027,
    "c": 0.13557,
    "h": 126.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAE49

secondary

#A291C2

accent

#57D182

background

#FAFCF7

surface

#F5F8EE

border

#CFD1C9

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAE49

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

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