#A8B021#A8B021

#A8B021 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.153 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B021
RGB	rgb(168, 176, 33)
HSL	hsl(63, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(63, 81%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 81.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -19.17, 65.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 67.95, 106.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.06 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.153 113)
XYZ	xyz(31.9494, 39.4860, 7.3771)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B021 #2921B0

analogous

#B07021 #A8B021 #60B021

triadic

#A8B021 #21A8B0 #B021A8

tetradic

#A8B021 #21B070 #2921B0 #B02160

square

#A8B021 #21B070 #2921B0 #B02160

split-complementary

#A8B021 #2160B0 #7021B0

monochromatic

#46490E #777C17 #A8B021 #D0D935 #DCE369

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A8B021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#A8B021 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B021

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B021	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 176, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.153 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c76b',
    500: '#a8b021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b021;
$custom-light: #c6c76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.357,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72708,
    "c": 0.15343,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.39485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B021

secondary

#6A64C8

accent

#3DEB46

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B021

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

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