#8A9921#8A9921

#8A9921 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.138 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9921
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 33)
HSL	hsl(68, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(68, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 78.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.16, -20.57, 56.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.16, 59.98, 110.06°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% -0.0624 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.138 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.1476, 28.2958, 5.7335)
Luminance	0.2830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9921 #302199

analogous

#996C21 #8A9921 #4E9921

triadic

#8A9921 #218A99 #99218A

tetradic

#8A9921 #21996C #302199 #99214E

square

#8A9921 #21996C #302199 #99214E

split-complementary

#8A9921 #214E99 #6C2199

monochromatic

#2F340B #5D6716 #8A9921 #B7CB2C #CBDB59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#8A9921 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#8A9921 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9921

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9921	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9921	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.138 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b667',
    500: '#8a9921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9921;
$custom-light: #b0b667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64948,
    "c": 0.13829,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9921

secondary

#6456BF

accent

#40E855

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9921

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

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