#A8B227#A8B227

#A8B227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.153 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B227
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 39)
HSL	hsl(64, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(64, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 78.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -19.95, 64.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 67.04, 107.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0618 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.153 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4361, 40.3128, 7.9915)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B227 #3127B2

analogous

#B27727 #A8B227 #62B227

triadic

#A8B227 #27A8B2 #B227A8

tetradic

#A8B227 #27B277 #3127B2 #B22762

square

#A8B227 #27B277 #3127B2 #B22762

split-complementary

#A8B227 #2762B2 #7727B2

monochromatic

#494E11 #79801C #A8B227 #CBD541 #D8E073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A8B227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#A8B227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B227

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B227	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0A900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.153 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c86e',
    500: '#a8b227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b227;
$custom-light: #c6c86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.317,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73189,
    "c": 0.15277,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B227

secondary

#746DC8

accent

#41E74D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B227

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

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