#A8B048#A8B048

#A8B048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.128 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B048
RGB	rgb(168, 176, 72)
HSL	hsl(65, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 59.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -17.06, 51.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 53.81, 108.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0505 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.128 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8442, 39.8440, 12.0901)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B048 #5048B0

analogous

#B08448 #A8B048 #74B048

triadic

#A8B048 #48A8B0 #B048A8

tetradic

#A8B048 #48B084 #5048B0 #B04874

square

#A8B048 #48B084 #5048B0 #B04874

split-complementary

#A8B048 #4874B0 #8448B0

monochromatic

#555924 #7F8536 #A8B048 #BEC570 #D2D69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A8B048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#A8B048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B048

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B048	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)

#BCA83C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 176, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.128 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c77f',
    500: '#a8b048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b048;
$custom-light: #c4c77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 41.935,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72995,
    "c": 0.12799,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B048

secondary

#9591C3

accent

#56D260

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B048

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

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