#8A9521#8A9521

#8A9521 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.134 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9521
RGB	rgb(138, 149, 33)
HSL	hsl(66, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(66, 78%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 77.9%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, -18.53, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 58.29, 108.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% -0.0567 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.134 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.5038, 27.0083, 5.5189)
Luminance	0.2701 (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

#8A9521 #2C2195

analogous

#956621 #8A9521 #509521

triadic

#8A9521 #218A95 #95218A

tetradic

#8A9521 #219566 #2C2195 #952150

square

#8A9521 #219566 #2C2195 #952150

split-complementary

#8A9521 #215095 #662195

monochromatic

#2D310B #5C6316 #8A9521 #B8C72C #CDDA57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#8A9521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#8A9521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9521

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9521	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 149, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.134 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb467',
    500: '#8a9521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9521;
$custom-light: #afb467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.69,
    "s": 63.736,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64006,
    "c": 0.13377,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9521

secondary

#5E54BE

accent

#41E751

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9521

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

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