#8AAE50#8AAE50

#8AAE50 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.129 H 126.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAE50
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 80)
HSL	hsl(83, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(83, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 54%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, -27.58, 43.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 51.70, 122.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.0774 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.129 126.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0652, 36.2542, 13.1597)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAE50 #7450AE

analogous

#AEA350 #8AAE50 #5BAE50

triadic

#8AAE50 #508AAE #AE508A

tetradic

#8AAE50 #50AEA3 #7450AE #AE505B

square

#8AAE50 #50AEA3 #7450AE #AE505B

split-complementary

#8AAE50 #505BAE #A350AE

monochromatic

#475A29 #69843D #8AAE50 #A6C27A #C2D5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#8AAE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#8AAE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAE50

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAE50	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EA799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aae50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.129 126.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec684',
    500: '#8aae50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aae50;
$custom-light: #aec684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aae50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.979,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70355,
    "c": 0.12906,
    "h": 126.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAE50

secondary

#A898C2

accent

#5BCD87

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F5F8EF

border

#CFD1CA

text

#10130B

muted

#7F827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAE50

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

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