#8B9721#8B9721

#8B9721 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.136 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9721
RGB	rgb(139, 151, 33)
HSL	hsl(66, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(66, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 78.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, -19.12, 55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 59.08, 108.88°)
OKLab	oklab(64.56% -0.0584 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(64.56% 0.136 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.9892, 27.7324, 5.6331)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9721 #2D2197

analogous

#976821 #8B9721 #509721

triadic

#8B9721 #218B97 #97218B

tetradic

#8B9721 #219768 #2D2197 #972150

square

#8B9721 #219768 #2D2197 #972150

split-complementary

#8B9721 #215097 #682197

monochromatic

#2F330B #5D6516 #8B9721 #B9C92C #CDDA58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#8B9721 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#8B9721 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9721

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9721	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9721	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1912C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9721;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 151, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.136 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b567',
    500: '#8b9721',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9721;
$custom-light: #b0b567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9721",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.102,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64558,
    "c": 0.13568,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9721

secondary

#6055BE

accent

#41E752

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9721

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

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