#A8B045#A8B045

#A8B045 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.131 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B045
RGB	rgb(168, 176, 69)
HSL	hsl(64, 44%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 61%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 60.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -17.28, 52.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 55.12, 108.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0514 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.131 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7488, 39.8058, 11.5872)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B045 #4D45B0

analogous

#B08245 #A8B045 #72B045

triadic

#A8B045 #45A8B0 #B045A8

tetradic

#A8B045 #45B082 #4D45B0 #B04572

square

#A8B045 #45B082 #4D45B0 #B04572

split-complementary

#A8B045 #4572B0 #8245B0

monochromatic

#545823 #7E8434 #A8B045 #BFC66D #D2D799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A8B045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#A8B045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B045

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B045	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 176, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.131 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c77d',
    500: '#a8b045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b045;
$custom-light: #c4c77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.486,
    "s": 43.673,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72965,
    "c": 0.13055,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B045

secondary

#928EC3

accent

#54D35E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B045

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

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