#A8AB31#A8AB31

#A8AB31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.140 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AB31
RGB	rgb(168, 171, 49)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 71.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, -15.96, 58.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 60.99, 105.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.0498 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.14 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2668, 37.6732, 8.5298)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AB31 #3431AB

analogous

#AB7131 #A8AB31 #6BAB31

triadic

#A8AB31 #31A8AB #AB31A8

tetradic

#A8AB31 #31AB71 #3431AB #AB316B

square

#A8AB31 #31AB71 #3431AB #AB316B

split-complementary

#A8AB31 #316BAB #7131AB

monochromatic

#4B4C16 #797B23 #A8AB31 #C9CC4D #D7DA7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#A8AB31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#A8AB31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AB31

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AB31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AB31	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)

#B8A31B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ab31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 171, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.140 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c372',
    500: '#a8ab31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ab31;
$custom-light: #c5c372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ab31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.475,
    "s": 55.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71675,
    "c": 0.13979,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AB31

secondary

#7775C2

accent

#49DF4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AB31

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

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