#8A8E21#8A8E21

#8A8E21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.126 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8E21
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 33)
HSL	hsl(62, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(62, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 76.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.94, -14.88, 53.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.94, 55.41, 105.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% -0.0466 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.126 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4294, 24.8596, 5.1608)
Luminance	0.2486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8E21 #25218E

analogous

#8E5C21 #8A8E21 #548E21

triadic

#8A8E21 #218A8E #8E218A

tetradic

#8A8E21 #218E5C #25218E #8E2154

square

#8A8E21 #218E5C #25218E #8E2154

split-complementary

#8A8E21 #21548E #5C218E

monochromatic

#292B0A #5A5C15 #8A8E21 #BAC02D #D2D752

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#8A8E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#8A8E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8E21

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8E21	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998707

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.126 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afae66',
    500: '#8a8e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8e21;
$custom-light: #afae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.202,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62368,
    "c": 0.12608,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8E21

secondary

#5450BA

accent

#42E548

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8E21

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

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