#8A9221#8A9221

#8A9221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.130 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9221
RGB	rgb(138, 146, 33)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(64, 77%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 77.4%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.10, -16.98, 54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.10, 57.04, 107.31°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% -0.0524 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.13 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.0353, 26.0713, 5.3627)
Luminance	0.2607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9221 #292192

analogous

#926221 #8A9221 #519221

triadic

#8A9221 #218A92 #92218A

tetradic

#8A9221 #219262 #292192 #922151

square

#8A9221 #219262 #292192 #922151

split-complementary

#8A9221 #215192 #622192

monochromatic

#2C2E0A #5B6016 #8A9221 #B9C42C #CFD955

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#8A9221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#8A9221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9221

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9221	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)

#9D8B04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94897D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 146, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.130 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb166',
    500: '#8a9221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9221;
$custom-light: #afb166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.248,
    "s": 63.128,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63302,
    "c": 0.13044,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9221

secondary

#5A53BC

accent

#42E64D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9221

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

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