#8A9D21#8A9D21

#8A9D21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.143 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9D21
RGB	rgb(138, 157, 33)
HSL	hsl(69, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(69, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 79%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.33, -22.59, 57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.33, 61.70, 111.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% -0.0679 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.143 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8132, 29.6272, 5.9554)
Luminance	0.2963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9D21 #34219D

analogous

#9D7221 #8A9D21 #4C9D21

triadic

#8A9D21 #218A9D #9D218A

tetradic

#8A9D21 #219D72 #34219D #9D214C

square

#8A9D21 #219D72 #34219D #9D214C

split-complementary

#8A9D21 #214C9D #72219D

monochromatic

#31380C #5E6A16 #8A9D21 #B6D02C #C9DD5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#8A9D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#8A9D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9D21

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9D21	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 157, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.143 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b968',
    500: '#8a9d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9d21;
$custom-light: #b0b968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.194,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65894,
    "c": 0.14289,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9D21

secondary

#6959C1

accent

#40E859

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9D21

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

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