#A8B140#A8B140

#A8B140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.136 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B140
RGB	rgb(168, 177, 64)
HSL	hsl(65, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(65, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -18.13, 54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 57.68, 108.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0543 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.136 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7968, 40.1399, 10.8696)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B140 #4940B1

analogous

#B18240 #A8B140 #6FB140

triadic

#A8B140 #40A8B1 #B140A8

tetradic

#A8B140 #40B182 #4940B1 #B1406F

square

#A8B140 #40B182 #4940B1 #B1406F

split-complementary

#A8B140 #406FB1 #8240B1

monochromatic

#53571F #7D8430 #A8B140 #C0C866 #D3D893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A8B140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#A8B140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B140

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B140	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 177, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.136 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c87a',
    500: '#a8b140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b140;
$custom-light: #c5c87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.779,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73142,
    "c": 0.13575,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B140

secondary

#8E89C3

accent

#51D75C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B140

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

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