#A8B047#A8B047
#A8B047 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.129 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A8B047 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(168, 176, 71) |
| HSL | hsl(65, 43%, 48%) |
| HSV | hsv(65, 60%, 69%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 59.7%, 31%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.35, -17.13, 51.48) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.35, 54.25, 108.41°) |
| OKLab | oklab(72.99% -0.0508 0.1184) |
| OKLCH | oklch(72.99% 0.129 113.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(32.8119, 39.8311, 11.9197) |
| Luminance | 0.3983 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 4.10
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 5.09
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 5.15
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 5.23
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 5.36
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 5.40
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A8B047 #4F47B0
analogous
#B08347 #A8B047 #73B047
triadic
#A8B047 #47A8B0 #B047A8
tetradic
#A8B047 #47B083 #4F47B0 #B04773
square
#A8B047 #47B083 #4F47B0 #B04773
split-complementary
#A8B047 #4773B0 #8347B0
monochromatic
#555924 #7E8435 #A8B047 #BEC56F #D2D79B
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.34
#A8B047 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.97
#A8B047 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A8B047
8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A8B047 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A8B047 | 1.00 | 2.34 | 8.97 | 8.97 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.34 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.97 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.97 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCA83B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BCAB4D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B2A69A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a8b047; /* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 176, 71); /* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.129 113.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c4c77e',
500: '#a8b047',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a8b047; $custom-light: #c4c77e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a8b047",
"rgb": {
"r": 168,
"g": 176,
"b": 71
},
"hsl": {
"h": 64.571,
"s": 42.51,
"l": 48.431
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.72985,
"c": 0.12886,
"h": 113.2
},
"luminance": 0.3983
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A8B047
secondary
#9490C3
accent
#56D25F
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F8F8EE
border
#D1D1C9
text
#13130A
muted
#82827C