#8A8D21#8A8D21

#8A8D21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.125 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8D21
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 33)
HSL	hsl(62, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(62, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 76.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.65, -14.35, 53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.65, 55.01, 105.12°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% -0.0451 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.125 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.2813, 24.5634, 5.1114)
Luminance	0.2456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8D21 #24218D

analogous

#8D5A21 #8A8D21 #548D21

triadic

#8A8D21 #218A8D #8D218A

tetradic

#8A8D21 #218D5A #24218D #8D2154

square

#8A8D21 #218D5A #24218D #8D2154

split-complementary

#8A8D21 #21548D #5A218D

monochromatic

#292A0A #595B15 #8A8D21 #BBBF2D #D3D652

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#8A8D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#8A8D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8D21

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8D21	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988607

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99892A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.125 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afae66',
    500: '#8a8d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8d21;
$custom-light: #afae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.667,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62135,
    "c": 0.125,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8D21

secondary

#5350BA

accent

#43E547

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8D21

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

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