#8AAF42#8AAF42

#8AAF42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.143 H 125.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAF42
RGB	rgb(138, 175, 66)
HSL	hsl(80, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(80, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 62.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, -29.34, 50.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 58.28, 120.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.0836 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.143 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7946, 36.4562, 10.7783)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAF42 #6742AF

analogous

#AF9E42 #8AAF42 #54AF42

triadic

#8AAF42 #428AAF #AF428A

tetradic

#8AAF42 #42AF9E #6742AF #AF4254

square

#8AAF42 #42AF9E #6742AF #AF4254

split-complementary

#8AAF42 #4254AF #9E42AF

monochromatic

#445620 #678331 #8AAF42 #A6C668 #C0D795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#8AAF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#8AAF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAF42

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAF42	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)

#B8A435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FA798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aaf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 175, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.143 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc77b',
    500: '#8aaf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aaf42;
$custom-light: #afc77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aaf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.367,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70433,
    "c": 0.14295,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAF42

secondary

#9D8AC2

accent

#53D57F

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAF42

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

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