#8A8021#8A8021

#8A8021 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.112 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8021
RGB	rgb(138, 128, 33)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(54, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.90, -7.33, 49.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.90, 50.13, 98.41°)
OKLab	oklab(59.14% -0.0255 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(59.14% 0.112 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.4757, 20.9522, 4.5095)
Luminance	0.2095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8021 #212B8A

analogous

#8A4B21 #8A8021 #5F8A21

triadic

#8A8021 #218A80 #80218A

tetradic

#8A8021 #218A4B #212B8A #8A215F

square

#8A8021 #218A4B #212B8A #8A215F

split-complementary

#8A8021 #215F8A #4B218A

monochromatic

#272409 #595215 #8A8021 #BBAE2D #D5C950

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#8A8021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#8A8021 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8021

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8021	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7C0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95776E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 128, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.112 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa464',
    500: '#8a8021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8021;
$custom-light: #afa464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59144,
    "c": 0.11204,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8021

secondary

#4E58B9

accent

#53E543

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8021

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

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