#8B9921#8B9921

#8B9921 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.138 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9921
RGB	rgb(139, 153, 33)
HSL	hsl(67, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(67, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 78.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.23, -20.14, 56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.23, 59.92, 109.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.03% -0.0612 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(65.03% 0.138 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3138, 28.3816, 5.7413)
Luminance	0.2838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9921 #2F2199

analogous

#996B21 #8B9921 #4F9921

triadic

#8B9921 #218B99 #99218B

tetradic

#8B9921 #21996B #2F2199 #99214F

square

#8B9921 #21996B #2F2199 #99214F

split-complementary

#8B9921 #214F99 #6B2199

monochromatic

#30340B #5D6716 #8B9921 #B9CB2C #CCDB59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#8B9921 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#8B9921 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9921

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9921	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9921	1.00	3.15	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 153, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.138 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b667',
    500: '#8b9921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9921;
$custom-light: #b0b667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65029,
    "c": 0.13794,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9921

secondary

#6356BF

accent

#40E854

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9921

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

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