#A8B151#A8B151

#A8B151 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.121 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B151
RGB	rgb(168, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(66, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 54.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -16.83, 47.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 50.21, 109.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.0489 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.121 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3564, 40.3637, 13.8168)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B151 #5A51B1

analogous

#B18A51 #A8B151 #78B151

triadic

#A8B151 #51A8B1 #B151A8

tetradic

#A8B151 #51B18A #5A51B1 #B15178

square

#A8B151 #51B18A #5A51B1 #B15178

split-complementary

#A8B151 #5178B1 #8A51B1

monochromatic

#595E2A #81883D #A8B151 #BDC47B #D2D7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A8B151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#A8B151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B151

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B151	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 177, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.121 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c885',
    500: '#a8b151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b151;
$custom-light: #c4c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.625,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7332,
    "c": 0.121,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B151

secondary

#9E9AC4

accent

#5ACE65

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B151

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

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