#8A8F21#8A8F21

#8A8F21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.127 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8F21
RGB	rgb(138, 143, 33)
HSL	hsl(63, 63%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(63, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 76.9%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, -15.41, 53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 55.81, 106.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% -0.0481 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.127 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.5789, 25.1585, 5.2106)
Luminance	0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8F21 #26218F

analogous

#8F5D21 #8A8F21 #538F21

triadic

#8A8F21 #218A8F #8F218A

tetradic

#8A8F21 #218F5D #26218F #8F2153

square

#8A8F21 #218F5D #26218F #8F2153

split-complementary

#8A8F21 #21538F #5D218F

monochromatic

#2A2C0A #5A5D16 #8A8F21 #BAC12C #D1D753

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#8A8F21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#8A8F21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8F21

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8F21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8F21	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8806

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94867A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8f21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 143, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.127 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afaf66',
    500: '#8a8f21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8f21;
$custom-light: #afaf66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8f21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.727,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62601,
    "c": 0.12716,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8F21

secondary

#5651BB

accent

#42E64A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8F21

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

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