#8A9721#8A9721

#8A9721 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.136 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9721
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 33)
HSL	hsl(67, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(67, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 78.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, -19.56, 55.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 59.13, 109.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% -0.0596 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.136 116)
XYZ	xyz(21.8230, 27.6466, 5.6253)
Luminance	0.2765 (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

#8A9721 #2E2197

analogous

#976921 #8A9721 #4F9721

triadic

#8A9721 #218A97 #97218A

tetradic

#8A9721 #219769 #2E2197 #97214F

square

#8A9721 #219769 #2E2197 #97214F

split-complementary

#8A9721 #214F97 #692197

monochromatic

#2E330B #5C6516 #8A9721 #B8C92C #CCDA58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#8A9721 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#8A9721 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9721

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9721	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9721	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9721;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.136 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b567',
    500: '#8a9721',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9721;
$custom-light: #b0b567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9721",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.61,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64476,
    "c": 0.13602,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.27646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9721

secondary

#6155BE

accent

#41E753

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9721

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

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