#A8B228#A8B228

#A8B228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.152 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B228
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 40)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(64, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 77.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -19.91, 63.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 66.75, 107.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0616 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.152 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4529, 40.3195, 8.0800)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B228 #3228B2

analogous

#B27728 #A8B228 #63B228

triadic

#A8B228 #28A8B2 #B228A8

tetradic

#A8B228 #28B277 #3228B2 #B22863

square

#A8B228 #28B277 #3228B2 #B22863

split-complementary

#A8B228 #2863B2 #7728B2

monochromatic

#4A4E12 #79801D #A8B228 #CAD543 #D8E075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A8B228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#A8B228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B228

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B228	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)

#BFA900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.152 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c86e',
    500: '#a8b228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b228;
$custom-light: #c6c86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.348,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73195,
    "c": 0.15227,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B228

secondary

#756FC7

accent

#41E64D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B228

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

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