#8AAE55#8AAE55

#8AAE55 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.124 H 127.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAE55
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 85)
HSL	hsl(84, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(84, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 51.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, -27.05, 41.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 49.42, 123.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.0756 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.124 127.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2568, 36.3309, 14.1691)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAE55 #7955AE

analogous

#AEA555 #8AAE55 #5DAE55

triadic

#8AAE55 #558AAE #AE558A

tetradic

#8AAE55 #55AEA5 #7955AE #AE555D

square

#8AAE55 #55AEA5 #7955AE #AE555D

split-complementary

#8AAE55 #555DAE #A555AE

monochromatic

#495D2C #6A8640 #8AAE55 #A7C27E #C3D5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#8AAE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#8AAE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAE55

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAE55	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.124 127.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec687',
    500: '#8aae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aae55;
$custom-light: #aec687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.27,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7042,
    "c": 0.12415,
    "h": 127.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAE55

secondary

#AC9CC3

accent

#5CCB89

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F5F8F0

border

#CFD1CB

text

#10130B

muted

#7F827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAE55

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

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