#A8AB2D#A8AB2D

#A8AB2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.142 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AB2D
RGB	rgb(168, 171, 45)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(61, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 73.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -16.15, 60.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 62.40, 105.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.0507 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.142 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1861, 37.6410, 8.1048)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AB2D #302DAB

analogous

#AB6F2D #A8AB2D #69AB2D

triadic

#A8AB2D #2DA8AB #AB2DA8

tetradic

#A8AB2D #2DAB6F #302DAB #AB2D69

square

#A8AB2D #2DAB6F #302DAB #AB2D69

split-complementary

#A8AB2D #2D69AB #6F2DAB

monochromatic

#494A14 #787B20 #A8AB2D #CBCE47 #D9DB77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#A8AB2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#A8AB2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AB2D

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AB2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AB2D	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A313

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ab2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 171, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.142 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c370',
    500: '#a8ab2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ab2d;
$custom-light: #c5c370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ab2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.429,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71648,
    "c": 0.14222,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AB2D

secondary

#7371C3

accent

#46E24A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AB2D

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

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