#8AB42D#8AB42D

#8AB42D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.164 H 125.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AB42D
RGB	rgb(138, 180, 45)
HSL	hsl(79, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(79, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 0%, 75%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -33.10, 59.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 68.47, 118.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.0958 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.164 125.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2763, 38.2349, 8.4251)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AB42D #572DB4

analogous

#B49B2D #8AB42D #46B42D

triadic

#8AB42D #2D8AB4 #B42D8A

tetradic

#8AB42D #2DB49B #572DB4 #B42D46

square

#8AB42D #2DB49B #572DB4 #B42D46

split-complementary

#8AB42D #2D46B4 #9B2DB4

monochromatic

#3F5215 #648321 #8AB42D #A8D24C #C0DE7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#8AB42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#8AB42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AB42D

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AB42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AB42D	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA80F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AB9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ab42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 180, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.164 125.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ca70',
    500: '#8ab42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ab42d;
$custom-light: #b0ca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ab42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.667,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71458,
    "c": 0.16394,
    "h": 125.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AB42D

secondary

#8F76C7

accent

#45E376

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AB42D

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

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