#8A9A21#8A9A21

#8A9A21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.139 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9A21
RGB	rgb(138, 154, 33)
HSL	hsl(68, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(68, 79%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 0%, 78.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.45, -21.08, 56.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.45, 60.41, 110.43°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% -0.0638 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.139 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3119, 28.6246, 5.7883)
Luminance	0.2862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9A21 #31219A

analogous

#9A6E21 #8A9A21 #4E9A21

triadic

#8A9A21 #218A9A #9A218A

tetradic

#8A9A21 #219A6E #31219A #9A214E

square

#8A9A21 #219A6E #31219A #9A214E

split-complementary

#8A9A21 #214E9A #6E219A

monochromatic

#30350B #5D6816 #8A9A21 #B7CC2C #CADC5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#8A9A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#8A9A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9A21

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9A21	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 154, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.139 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b767',
    500: '#8a9a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9a21;
$custom-light: #b0b767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.934,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65184,
    "c": 0.13944,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9A21

secondary

#6557C0

accent

#40E856

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9A21

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

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