#8D9221#8D9221

#8D9221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.130 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D9221
RGB	rgb(141, 146, 33)
HSL	hsl(63, 63%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(63, 77%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 77.4%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.35, -15.64, 54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.35, 56.96, 105.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% -0.0489 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.13 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.5386, 26.3308, 5.3863)
Luminance	0.2633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D9221 #262192

analogous

#925F21 #8D9221 #549221

triadic

#8D9221 #218D92 #92218D

tetradic

#8D9221 #21925F #262192 #922154

square

#8D9221 #21925F #262192 #922154

split-complementary

#8D9221 #215492 #5F2192

monochromatic

#2D2E0A #5D6016 #8D9221 #BDC42C #D3D955

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#8D9221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#8D9221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D9221

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D9221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D9221	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97897D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d9221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 146, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.130 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b166',
    500: '#8d9221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d9221;
$custom-light: #b2b166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d9221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.655,
    "s": 63.128,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63559,
    "c": 0.12956,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D9221

secondary

#5753BC

accent

#42E649

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D9221

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

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