#A8B052#A8B052

#A8B052 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.119 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B052
RGB	rgb(168, 176, 82)
HSL	hsl(65, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 53.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -16.24, 46.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 49.27, 109.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0471 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.119 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1974, 39.9853, 13.9501)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B052 #5A52B0

analogous

#B08952 #A8B052 #79B052

triadic

#A8B052 #52A8B0 #B052A8

tetradic

#A8B052 #52B089 #5A52B0 #B05279

square

#A8B052 #52B089 #5A52B0 #B05279

split-complementary

#A8B052 #5279B0 #8952B0

monochromatic

#595D2B #81873E #A8B052 #BDC37C #D2D6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A8B052 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#A8B052 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B052

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B052	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B052	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b052;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 176, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.119 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c785',
    500: '#a8b052',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b052;
$custom-light: #c4c785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b052",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.106,
    "s": 37.302,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73108,
    "c": 0.11881,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B052

secondary

#9E9AC4

accent

#5BCD64

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B052

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

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