#8D9C21#8D9C21

#8D9C21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.141 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D9C21
RGB	rgb(141, 156, 33)
HSL	hsl(67, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(67, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 78.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.26, -20.79, 57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.26, 61.08, 109.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% -0.0631 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.141 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1481, 29.5498, 5.9228)
Luminance	0.2955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D9C21 #30219C

analogous

#9C6E21 #8D9C21 #509C21

triadic

#8D9C21 #218D9C #9C218D

tetradic

#8D9C21 #219C6E #30219C #9C2150

square

#8D9C21 #219C6E #30219C #9C2150

split-complementary

#8D9C21 #21509C #6E219C

monochromatic

#32370C #5F6916 #8D9C21 #BBCF2C #CDDC5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#8D9C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#8D9C21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D9C21

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D9C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D9C21	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d9c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 156, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.141 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b968',
    500: '#8d9c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d9c21;
$custom-light: #b2b968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d9c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.317,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65896,
    "c": 0.14061,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D9C21

secondary

#6558C1

accent

#40E854

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D9C21

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

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