#8AAE72#8AAE72

#8AAE72 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.092 H 133.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAE72
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 114)
HSL	hsl(96, 27%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(96, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 34.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, -23.33, 26.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 35.63, 130.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0636 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.092 133.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6539, 36.8897, 21.5271)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAE72 #9672AE

analogous

#A8AE72 #8AAE72 #72AE78

triadic

#8AAE72 #728AAE #AE728A

tetradic

#8AAE72 #72A8AE #9672AE #AE7872

square

#8AAE72 #72A8AE #9672AE #AE7872

split-complementary

#8AAE72 #7872AE #AE72A8

monochromatic

#4E693C #6B9053 #8AAE72 #AAC499 #CBDBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#8AAE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#8AAE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAE72

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAE72	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A56E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA375

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BA99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aae72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.092 133.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc69b',
    500: '#8aae72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aae72;
$custom-light: #adc69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aae72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96,
    "s": 27.027,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70898,
    "c": 0.09245,
    "h": 133.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAE72

secondary

#C0B2CA

accent

#64C39D

background

#FAFCF9

surface

#F4F8F2

border

#CED1CC

text

#10130E

muted

#7F827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAE72

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

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