#A8B142#A8B142

#A8B142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.134 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B142
RGB	rgb(168, 177, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 62.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -18.00, 53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 56.85, 108.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0538 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.134 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8548, 40.1631, 11.1747)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B142 #4B42B1

analogous

#B18342 #A8B142 #70B142

triadic

#A8B142 #42A8B1 #B142A8

tetradic

#A8B142 #42B183 #4B42B1 #B14270

square

#A8B142 #42B183 #4B42B1 #B14270

split-complementary

#A8B142 #4270B1 #8342B1

monochromatic

#535821 #7E8431 #A8B142 #BFC769 #D2D896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A8B142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#A8B142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B142

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B142	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	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)

#BDA934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 177, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.134 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c87c',
    500: '#a8b142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b142;
$custom-light: #c4c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.865,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7316,
    "c": 0.13416,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B142

secondary

#908BC3

accent

#52D55D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B142

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

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