#8A9821#8A9821

#8A9821 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.137 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9821
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 33)
HSL	hsl(67, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(67, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 78.3%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, -20.07, 56.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 59.55, 109.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.71% -0.061 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(64.71% 0.137 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9846, 27.9699, 5.6791)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9821 #2F2198

analogous

#986B21 #8A9821 #4F9821

triadic

#8A9821 #218A98 #98218A

tetradic

#8A9821 #21986B #2F2198 #98214F

square

#8A9821 #21986B #2F2198 #98214F

split-complementary

#8A9821 #214F98 #6B2198

monochromatic

#2F330B #5C6616 #8A9821 #B8CA2C #CCDB59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8A9821 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#8A9821 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9821

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9821	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9821	1.00	3.18	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9821;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.137 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b667',
    500: '#8a9821',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9821;
$custom-light: #b0b667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9821",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.059,
    "s": 64.324,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64712,
    "c": 0.13716,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9821

secondary

#6256BF

accent

#40E754

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9821

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

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