#808B21#808B21

#808B21 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.126 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#808B21
RGB	rgb(128, 139, 33)
HSL	hsl(66, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(66, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 76.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.24, -17.78, 51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.24, 54.48, 109.05°)
OKLab	oklab(60.81% -0.0541 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(60.81% 0.126 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.4097, 23.1645, 4.9399)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#808B21 #2C218B

analogous

#8B6121 #808B21 #4B8B21

triadic

#808B21 #21808B #8B2180

tetradic

#808B21 #218B61 #2C218B #8B214B

square

#808B21 #218B61 #2C218B #8B214B

split-complementary

#808B21 #214B8B #61218B

monochromatic

#25280A #525A15 #808B21 #AEBC2D #C8D651

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#808B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#808B21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #808B21

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##808B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##808B21	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958409

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94852A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#898377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #808b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(128, 139, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.126 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8ac65',
    500: '#808b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #808b21;
$custom-light: #a8ac65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#808b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 128,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.226,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60806,
    "c": 0.12576,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#808B21

secondary

#5A4FB9

accent

#43E554

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EB

border

#CECEC6

text

#101006

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #808B21

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

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