#8B9D21#8B9D21

#8B9D21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.142 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9D21
RGB	rgb(139, 157, 33)
HSL	hsl(69, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(69, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 79%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.41, -22.16, 57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.41, 61.63, 111.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.97% -0.0668 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(65.97% 0.143 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9795, 29.7129, 5.9632)
Luminance	0.2971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9D21 #33219D

analogous

#9D7121 #8B9D21 #4D9D21

triadic

#8B9D21 #218B9D #9D218B

tetradic

#8B9D21 #219D71 #33219D #9D214D

square

#8B9D21 #219D71 #33219D #9D214D

split-complementary

#8B9D21 #214D9D #71219D

monochromatic

#31380C #5E6A16 #8B9D21 #B8D02C #CADD5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#8B9D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#8B9D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9D21

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9D21	1.00	3.02	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 157, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.142 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b968',
    500: '#8b9d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9d21;
$custom-light: #b0b968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.71,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65973,
    "c": 0.1425,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9D21

secondary

#6859C1

accent

#40E858

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9D21

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

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