#8A8B21#8A8B21

#8A8B21 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.123 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8B21
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 33)
HSL	hsl(61, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 76.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, -13.29, 52.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 54.22, 104.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% -0.0422 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.123 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.9891, 23.9789, 5.0140)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8B21 #22218B

analogous

#8B5721 #8A8B21 #558B21

triadic

#8A8B21 #218A8B #8B218A

tetradic

#8A8B21 #218B57 #22218B #8B2155

square

#8A8B21 #218B57 #22218B #8B2155

split-complementary

#8A8B21 #21558B #57218B

monochromatic

#28280A #595A15 #8A8B21 #BBBC2D #D4D651

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8A8B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#8A8B21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8B21

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8B21	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978509

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98882A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.123 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afac65',
    500: '#8a8b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8b21;
$custom-light: #afac65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.566,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6167,
    "c": 0.1229,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8B21

secondary

#504FB9

accent

#43E545

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8B21

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

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