#8AAE59#8AAE59

#8AAE59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.120 H 128.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAE59
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(85, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(85, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 48.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, -26.61, 39.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 47.57, 124.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.074 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.12 128.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4203, 36.3962, 15.0298)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAE59 #7D59AE

analogous

#AEA859 #8AAE59 #60AE59

triadic

#8AAE59 #598AAE #AE598A

tetradic

#8AAE59 #59AEA8 #7D59AE #AE5960

square

#8AAE59 #59AEA8 #7D59AE #AE5960

split-complementary

#8AAE59 #5960AE #A859AE

monochromatic

#4A5E2E #6A8842 #8AAE59 #A7C282 #C4D6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#8AAE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#8AAE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAE59

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAE59	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.120 128.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec68a',
    500: '#8aae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aae59;
$custom-light: #aec68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.412,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70476,
    "c": 0.12007,
    "h": 128.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAE59

secondary

#AF9FC4

accent

#5DCA8C

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F4F8F0

border

#CED1CB

text

#10130C

muted

#7F827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAE59

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

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