#8AAE56#8AAE56

#8AAE56 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.123 H 127.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAE56
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 86)
HSL	hsl(85, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(85, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 50.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, -26.94, 40.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 48.96, 123.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.0752 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.123 127.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2968, 36.3469, 14.3798)
Luminance	0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAE56 #7A56AE

analogous

#AEA656 #8AAE56 #5EAE56

triadic

#8AAE56 #568AAE #AE568A

tetradic

#8AAE56 #56AEA6 #7A56AE #AE565E

square

#8AAE56 #56AEA6 #7A56AE #AE565E

split-complementary

#8AAE56 #565EAE #A656AE

monochromatic

#495D2D #6A8640 #8AAE56 #A7C27F #C3D6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#8AAE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#8AAE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAE56

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAE56	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)

#B6A44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aae56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.123 127.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec688',
    500: '#8aae56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aae56;
$custom-light: #aec688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aae56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.545,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70434,
    "c": 0.12314,
    "h": 127.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAE56

secondary

#AC9CC3

accent

#5DCB8A

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F5F8F0

border

#CFD1CB

text

#10130B

muted

#7F827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAE56

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

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