#8A921B#8A921B

#8A921B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.133 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A921B
RGB	rgb(138, 146, 27)
HSL	hsl(64, 69%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(64, 82%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 81.5%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, -17.22, 56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 58.87, 107.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.0536 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.133 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.9586, 26.0406, 4.9590)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A921B #231B92

analogous

#925F1B #8A921B #4F921B

triadic

#8A921B #1B8A92 #921B8A

tetradic

#8A921B #1B925F #231B92 #921B4F

square

#8A921B #1B925F #231B92 #921B4F

split-complementary

#8A921B #1B4F92 #5F1B92

monochromatic

#282B08 #595E11 #8A921B #BBC625 #D4DE4A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#8A921B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#8A921B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A921B

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A921B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A921B	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94897C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a921b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 146, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.133 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b164',
    500: '#8a921b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a921b;
$custom-light: #b0b164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a921b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.034,
    "s": 68.786,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63269,
    "c": 0.13347,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A921B

secondary

#5149BF

accent

#3CEC48

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A921B

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

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