#A8AB2B#A8AB2B

#A8AB2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.143 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AB2B
RGB	rgb(168, 171, 43)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(61, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 74.9%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, -16.24, 60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 63.07, 104.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.0511 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.143 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1485, 37.6259, 7.9067)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AB2B #2E2BAB

analogous

#AB6E2B #A8AB2B #68AB2B

triadic

#A8AB2B #2BA8AB #AB2BA8

tetradic

#A8AB2B #2BAB6E #2E2BAB #AB2B68

square

#A8AB2B #2BAB6E #2E2BAB #AB2B68

split-complementary

#A8AB2B #2B68AB #6E2BAB

monochromatic

#484912 #787A1F #A8AB2B #CDD043 #DADC74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#A8AB2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#A8AB2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AB2B

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AB2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AB2B	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)

#B9A30E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ab2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 171, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.143 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c36f',
    500: '#a8ab2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ab2b;
$custom-light: #c5c36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ab2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.406,
    "s": 59.813,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71636,
    "c": 0.14337,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AB2B

secondary

#706EC4

accent

#45E349

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AB2B

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

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