#8A9621#8A9621

#8A9621 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.135 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9621
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 33)
HSL	hsl(66, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(66, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 78%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, -19.04, 55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 58.71, 108.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% -0.0581 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.135 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6627, 27.3261, 5.5719)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9621 #2D2196

analogous

#966721 #8A9621 #4F9621

triadic

#8A9621 #218A96 #96218A

tetradic

#8A9621 #219667 #2D2196 #96214F

square

#8A9621 #219667 #2D2196 #96214F

split-complementary

#8A9621 #214F96 #672196

monochromatic

#2E320B #5C6416 #8A9621 #B8C82C #CDDA57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#8A9621 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#8A9621 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9621

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9621	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9621	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9621;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.135 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b467',
    500: '#8a9621',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9621;
$custom-light: #b0b467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9621",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.154,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64241,
    "c": 0.13489,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9621

secondary

#6055BE

accent

#41E752

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9621

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

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