#8A9E21#8A9E21

#8A9E21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.144 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9E21
RGB	rgb(138, 158, 33)
HSL	hsl(70, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(70, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 79.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.63, -23.09, 57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.63, 62.13, 111.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.13% -0.0693 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(66.13% 0.144 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.9831, 29.9670, 6.0120)
Luminance	0.2997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9E21 #35219E

analogous

#9E7421 #8A9E21 #4C9E21

triadic

#8A9E21 #218A9E #9E218A

tetradic

#8A9E21 #219E74 #35219E #9E214C

square

#8A9E21 #219E74 #35219E #9E214C

split-complementary

#8A9E21 #214C9E #74219E

monochromatic

#32390C #5E6B16 #8A9E21 #B6D12C #C8DD5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#8A9E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#8A9E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9E21

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9E21	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7952D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 158, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.144 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ba68',
    500: '#8a9e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9e21;
$custom-light: #b0ba68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.6,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66131,
    "c": 0.14405,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9E21

secondary

#6A59C1

accent

#3FE85A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9E21

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

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