#8AAE53#8AAE53

#8AAE53 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.126 H 127.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAE53
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 83)
HSL	hsl(84, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(84, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 52.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -27.27, 42.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 50.34, 122.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.0763 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.126 127.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.1785, 36.2995, 13.7566)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAE53 #7753AE

analogous

#AEA453 #8AAE53 #5DAE53

triadic

#8AAE53 #538AAE #AE538A

tetradic

#8AAE53 #53AEA4 #7753AE #AE535D

square

#8AAE53 #53AEA4 #7753AE #AE535D

split-complementary

#8AAE53 #535DAE #A453AE

monochromatic

#485C2B #69853F #8AAE53 #A6C27D #C3D5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#8AAE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#8AAE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAE53

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAE53	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EA799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aae53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.126 127.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec686',
    500: '#8aae53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aae53;
$custom-light: #aec686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aae53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.736,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70393,
    "c": 0.12613,
    "h": 127.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAE53

secondary

#AA9AC3

accent

#5CCC88

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F5F8EF

border

#CFD1CA

text

#10130B

muted

#7F827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAE53

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

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