#A8AB27#A8AB27

#A8AB27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.146 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AB27
RGB	rgb(168, 171, 39)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(61, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 77.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -16.41, 62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 64.35, 104.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.0519 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.146 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0787, 37.5980, 7.5391)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AB27 #2A27AB

analogous

#AB6C27 #A8AB27 #66AB27

triadic

#A8AB27 #27A8AB #AB27A8

tetradic

#A8AB27 #27AB6C #2A27AB #AB2766

square

#A8AB27 #27AB6C #2A27AB #AB2766

split-complementary

#A8AB27 #2766AB #6C27AB

monochromatic

#464710 #77791C #A8AB27 #CFD33D #DBDE6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#A8AB27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#A8AB27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AB27

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AB27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AB27	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A301

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ab27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 171, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.146 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c36d',
    500: '#a8ab27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ab27;
$custom-light: #c6c36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ab27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.364,
    "s": 62.857,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71613,
    "c": 0.14551,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AB27

secondary

#6B69C5

accent

#42E646

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AB27

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

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