#8AAE5B#8AAE5B

#8AAE5B is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.118 H 128.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAE5B
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 91)
HSL	hsl(86, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(86, 48%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 47.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, -26.38, 38.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 46.64, 124.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0732 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.118 128.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5054, 36.4303, 15.4781)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAE5B #7F5BAE

analogous

#AEA95B #8AAE5B #61AE5B

triadic

#8AAE5B #5B8AAE #AE5B8A

tetradic

#8AAE5B #5BAEA9 #7F5BAE #AE5B61

square

#8AAE5B #5BAEA9 #7F5BAE #AE5B61

split-complementary

#8AAE5B #5B61AE #A95BAE

monochromatic

#4B5F2F #6A8843 #8AAE5B #A7C284 #C4D6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#8AAE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#8AAE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAE5B

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAE5B	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DA89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aae5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.118 128.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec68b',
    500: '#8aae5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aae5b;
$custom-light: #aec68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aae5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.024,
    "s": 33.878,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70506,
    "c": 0.118,
    "h": 128.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAE5B

secondary

#B0A0C5

accent

#5ECA8D

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F4F8F0

border

#CED1CB

text

#10130C

muted

#7F827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAE5B

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

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