#879A21#879A21

#879A21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.141 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#879A21
RGB	rgb(135, 154, 33)
HSL	hsl(69, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(69, 79%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 0%, 78.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, -22.38, 56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 60.60, 111.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% -0.0672 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.141 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8223, 28.3721, 5.7653)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#879A21 #34219A

analogous

#9A7121 #879A21 #4B9A21

triadic

#879A21 #21879A #9A2187

tetradic

#879A21 #219A71 #34219A #9A214B

square

#879A21 #219A71 #34219A #9A214B

split-complementary

#879A21 #214B9A #71219A

monochromatic

#2F350B #5B6816 #879A21 #B3CC2C #C7DC5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#879A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#879A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #879A21

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##879A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##879A21	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2922D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F9184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #879a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 154, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.141 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb767',
    500: '#879a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #879a21;
$custom-light: #adb767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#879a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.421,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64946,
    "c": 0.14058,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#879A21

secondary

#6757C0

accent

#40E85A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #879A21

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

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