#8D9D21#8D9D21

#8D9D21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.142 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D9D21
RGB	rgb(141, 157, 33)
HSL	hsl(68, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(68, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 79%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, -21.29, 57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 61.50, 110.26°)
OKLab	oklab(66.13% -0.0645 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(66.13% 0.142 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3166, 29.8868, 5.9790)
Luminance	0.2989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D9D21 #31219D

analogous

#9D6F21 #8D9D21 #4F9D21

triadic

#8D9D21 #218D9D #9D218D

tetradic

#8D9D21 #219D6F #31219D #9D214F

square

#8D9D21 #219D6F #31219D #9D214F

split-complementary

#8D9D21 #214F9D #6F219D

monochromatic

#32380C #606A16 #8D9D21 #BAD02C #CCDD5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#8D9D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#8D9D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D9D21

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D9D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D9D21	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7952D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d9d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 157, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.142 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b968',
    500: '#8d9d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d9d21;
$custom-light: #b2b968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d9d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.742,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66131,
    "c": 0.14175,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D9D21

secondary

#6659C1

accent

#40E855

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D9D21

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

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