#8A8A21#8A8A21

#8A8A21 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.122 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A21
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 33)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.78, -12.76, 52.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.78, 53.83, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.44% -0.0407 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(61.44% 0.122 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8450, 23.6906, 4.9659)
Luminance	0.2369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A21 #21218A

analogous

#8A5521 #8A8A21 #558A21

triadic

#8A8A21 #218A8A #8A218A

tetradic

#8A8A21 #218A55 #21218A #8A2155

square

#8A8A21 #218A55 #21218A #8A2155

split-complementary

#8A8A21 #21558A #55218A

monochromatic

#272709 #595915 #8A8A21 #BBBB2D #D5D550

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#8A8A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#8A8A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A21

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A21	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968409

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.122 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afab65',
    500: '#8a8a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a21;
$custom-light: #afab65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61439,
    "c": 0.12184,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A21

secondary

#4E4EB9

accent

#43E543

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A21

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

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