#8A9121#8A9121

#8A9121 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.129 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9121
RGB	rgb(138, 145, 33)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(64, 77%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 77.2%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, -16.45, 54.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 56.63, 106.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% -0.051 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.129 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8818, 25.7643, 5.3116)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9121 #282191

analogous

#916021 #8A9121 #529121

triadic

#8A9121 #218A91 #91218A

tetradic

#8A9121 #219160 #282191 #912152

square

#8A9121 #219160 #282191 #912152

split-complementary

#8A9121 #215291 #602191

monochromatic

#2B2D0A #5B5F16 #8A9121 #B9C32C #D0D854

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#8A9121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#8A9121 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9121

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9121	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94887C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 145, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.129 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb166',
    500: '#8a9121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9121;
$custom-light: #afb166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 62.921,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63068,
    "c": 0.12933,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9121

secondary

#5952BC

accent

#42E64C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9121

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

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