#A8B131#A8B131

#A8B131 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.146 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B131
RGB	rgb(168, 177, 49)
HSL	hsl(64, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 72.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -19.01, 60.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 63.42, 107.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0583 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.146 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4259, 39.9915, 8.9161)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B131 #3A31B1

analogous

#B17A31 #A8B131 #68B131

triadic

#A8B131 #31A8B1 #B131A8

tetradic

#A8B131 #31B17A #3A31B1 #B13168

square

#A8B131 #31B17A #3A31B1 #B13168

split-complementary

#A8B131 #3168B1 #7A31B1

monochromatic

#4D5116 #7B8124 #A8B131 #C6CF51 #D6DC80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A8B131 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#A8B131 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B131

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B131	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B131	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)

#BEA819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b131;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 177, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.146 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c872',
    500: '#a8b131',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b131;
$custom-light: #c5c872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b131",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.219,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73023,
    "c": 0.14619,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B131

secondary

#7E79C5

accent

#48E053

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B131

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

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