#8AAE5E#8AAE5E

#8AAE5E is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.115 H 128.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAE5E
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 94)
HSL	hsl(87, 33%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(87, 46%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 46%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, -26.02, 36.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 45.23, 125.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.072 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.115 128.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6374, 36.4831, 16.1734)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAE5E #825EAE

analogous

#AEAA5E #8AAE5E #62AE5E

triadic

#8AAE5E #5E8AAE #AE5E8A

tetradic

#8AAE5E #5EAEAA #825EAE #AE5E62

square

#8AAE5E #5EAEAA #825EAE #AE5E62

split-complementary

#8AAE5E #5E62AE #AA5EAE

monochromatic

#4B6131 #6B8A45 #8AAE5E #A8C287 #C5D7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#8AAE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#8AAE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAE5E

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAE5E	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DA89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aae5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.115 128.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec68d',
    500: '#8aae5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aae5e;
$custom-light: #aec68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aae5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87,
    "s": 33.058,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70551,
    "c": 0.11482,
    "h": 128.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAE5E

secondary

#B2A3C5

accent

#5FC98F

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F4F8F0

border

#CED1CB

text

#10130C

muted

#7F827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAE5E

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

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