#A8B019#A8B019

#A8B019 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.156 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B019
RGB	rgb(168, 176, 25)
HSL	hsl(63, 75%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(63, 86%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 85.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -19.40, 67.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 69.86, 106.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0612 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.156 113)
XYZ	xyz(31.8504, 39.4464, 6.8556)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B019 #2119B0

analogous

#B06D19 #A8B019 #5DB019

triadic

#A8B019 #19A8B0 #B019A8

tetradic

#A8B019 #19B06D #2119B0 #B0195D

square

#A8B019 #19B06D #2119B0 #B0195D

split-complementary

#A8B019 #195DB0 #6D19B0

monochromatic

#42450A #757A11 #A8B019 #D6E026 #E0E85C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A8B019 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#A8B019 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B019

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B019	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B019	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b019;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 176, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.156 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c768',
    500: '#a8b019',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b019;
$custom-light: #c6c768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b019",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.179,
    "s": 75.124,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72676,
    "c": 0.15647,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.39446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B019

secondary

#5F59CC

accent

#36F240

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B019

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

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