#8A9C21#8A9C21

#8A9C21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.142 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9C21
RGB	rgb(138, 156, 33)
HSL	hsl(69, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(69, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 78.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.04, -22.09, 57.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.04, 61.26, 111.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.66% -0.0665 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(65.66% 0.142 118)
XYZ	xyz(22.6448, 29.2902, 5.8992)
Luminance	0.2929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9C21 #33219C

analogous

#9C7021 #8A9C21 #4D9C21

triadic

#8A9C21 #218A9C #9C218A

tetradic

#8A9C21 #219C70 #33219C #9C214D

square

#8A9C21 #219C70 #33219C #9C214D

split-complementary

#8A9C21 #214D9C #70219C

monochromatic

#31370C #5D6916 #8A9C21 #B7CF2C #C9DC5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#8A9C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#8A9C21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9C21

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9C21	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 156, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.142 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b968',
    500: '#8a9c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9c21;
$custom-light: #b0b968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.78,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65657,
    "c": 0.14174,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.2929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9C21

secondary

#6758C1

accent

#40E858

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9C21

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

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