#8A9B21#8A9B21

#8A9B21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.141 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9B21
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 33)
HSL	hsl(68, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(68, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 78.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.74, -21.59, 56.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.74, 60.83, 110.78°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% -0.0652 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.141 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.4776, 28.9560, 5.8435)
Luminance	0.2896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9B21 #32219B

analogous

#9B6F21 #8A9B21 #4D9B21

triadic

#8A9B21 #218A9B #9B218A

tetradic

#8A9B21 #219B6F #32219B #9B214D

square

#8A9B21 #219B6F #32219B #9B214D

split-complementary

#8A9B21 #214D9B #6F219B

monochromatic

#30360C #5D6916 #8A9B21 #B7CD2C #CADC5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#8A9B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#8A9B21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9B21

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9B21	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.141 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b867',
    500: '#8a9b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9b21;
$custom-light: #b0b867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.361,
    "s": 64.894,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6542,
    "c": 0.14058,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9B21

secondary

#6658C0

accent

#40E857

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9B21

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

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