#A8B22A#A8B22A

#A8B22A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.151 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B22A
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 42)
HSL	hsl(64, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(64, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 76.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -19.83, 63.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 66.13, 107.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.0612 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.151 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4878, 40.3335, 8.2638)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B22A #342AB2

analogous

#B2782A #A8B22A #64B22A

triadic

#A8B22A #2AA8B2 #B22AA8

tetradic

#A8B22A #2AB278 #342AB2 #B22A64

square

#A8B22A #2AB278 #342AB2 #B22A64

split-complementary

#A8B22A #2A64B2 #782AB2

monochromatic

#4B4F13 #79801E #A8B22A #C9D346 #D7DF77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A8B22A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#A8B22A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B22A

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B22A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B22A	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	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)

#BFA905

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b22a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.151 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c86f',
    500: '#a8b22a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b22a;
$custom-light: #c5c86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b22a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.412,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73206,
    "c": 0.15124,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B22A

secondary

#7771C7

accent

#43E54F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B22A

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

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