#8D9721#8D9721

#8D9721 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.135 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D9721
RGB	rgb(141, 151, 33)
HSL	hsl(65, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(65, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 78.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.80, -18.24, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.80, 58.99, 108.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.72% -0.0561 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(64.72% 0.135 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.3263, 27.9062, 5.6489)
Luminance	0.2791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D9721 #2B2197

analogous

#976621 #8D9721 #529721

triadic

#8D9721 #218D97 #97218D

tetradic

#8D9721 #219766 #2B2197 #972152

square

#8D9721 #219766 #2B2197 #972152

split-complementary

#8D9721 #215297 #662197

monochromatic

#2F330B #5E6516 #8D9721 #BCC92C #CFDA58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#8D9721 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#8D9721 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D9721

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D9721	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D9721	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d9721;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 151, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.135 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b567',
    500: '#8d9721',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d9721;
$custom-light: #b2b567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d9721",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.085,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64724,
    "c": 0.13501,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D9721

secondary

#5E55BE

accent

#41E74F

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D9721

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

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