#A8B11B#A8B11B

#A8B11B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.157 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B11B
RGB	rgb(168, 177, 27)
HSL	hsl(64, 74%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(64, 85%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 84.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -19.85, 66.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 69.79, 106.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0623 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.157 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0695, 39.8490, 7.0390)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B11B #241BB1

analogous

#B16F1B #A8B11B #5DB11B

triadic

#A8B11B #1BA8B1 #B11BA8

tetradic

#A8B11B #1BB16F #241BB1 #B11B5D

square

#A8B11B #1BB16F #241BB1 #B11B5D

split-complementary

#A8B11B #1B5DB1 #6F1BB1

monochromatic

#43470B #767C13 #A8B11B #D4DF2B #DFE760

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A8B11B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#A8B11B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B11B

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B11B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B11B	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)

#BFA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b11b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 177, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.157 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c869',
    500: '#a8b11b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b11b;
$custom-light: #c6c869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b11b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.6,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72909,
    "c": 0.1568,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B11B

secondary

#635DCB

accent

#38F043

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B11B

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

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