#8A9021#8A9021

#8A9021 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.128 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9021
RGB	rgb(138, 144, 33)
HSL	hsl(63, 63%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(63, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 77.1%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, -15.93, 53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 56.22, 106.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% -0.0495 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.128 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.7297, 25.4601, 5.2608)
Luminance	0.2546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9021 #272190

analogous

#905E21 #8A9021 #539021

triadic

#8A9021 #218A90 #90218A

tetradic

#8A9021 #21905E #272190 #902153

square

#8A9021 #21905E #272190 #902153

split-complementary

#8A9021 #215390 #5E2190

monochromatic

#2B2C0A #5A5E16 #8A9021 #BAC22C #D1D854

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#8A9021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#8A9021 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9021

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9021	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8905

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94877B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 144, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.128 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb066',
    500: '#8a9021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9021;
$custom-light: #afb066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.243,
    "s": 62.712,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62834,
    "c": 0.12824,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9021

secondary

#5751BB

accent

#42E64B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9021

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

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