HEX Color #8ACC24 (Yellowgreen)

About #8ACC24

The hex code #8ACC24 represents a beautifully specific shade of green. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Yellowgreen. Its digital footprint relies on 138 parts red, 204 parts green, and 36 parts blue light.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 32% cyan and 0% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 83.6° hue, 70.0% saturation, and 47.1% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#8ACC24

RGB138, 204, 36

HSL83.6°, 70.0%, 47.1%

CMYK32%, 0%, 82%, 20%

HSV83.6°, 82.4%, 80.0%

LAB75.3, -44.2, 69.1

XYZ32.4, 48.7, 9.4

Decimal9096228

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#8ACC24 #6524CB

Analogous

#CBBA24 #35CB24

Triadic

#2489CB #CB2489

Tetradic

#24CBBA #6524CB #CB2436

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#8ACC24

#97D13C

#A4D754

#B1DD6D

#BEE285

#CBE89D

#D8EEB6

#E5F3CE

#F2F9E6

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#8ACC24

#7AB520

#6B9E1C

#5C8818

#4C7114

#3D5A10

#2E440C

#1E2D08

#0F1604

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.95:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

10.74:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.87:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

9.13:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #8ACC24; }

.text-color { color: #8ACC24; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #8ACC24; }

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