#A8B22D#A8B22D

#A8B22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.150 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B22D
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 45)
HSL	hsl(65, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 74.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -19.70, 62.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 65.18, 107.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0606 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.15 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5435, 40.3557, 8.5572)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B22D #372DB2

analogous

#B2792D #A8B22D #65B22D

triadic

#A8B22D #2DA8B2 #B22DA8

tetradic

#A8B22D #2DB279 #372DB2 #B22D65

square

#A8B22D #2DB279 #372DB2 #B22D65

split-complementary

#A8B22D #2D65B2 #792DB2

monochromatic

#4C5014 #7A8121 #A8B22D #C7D14B #D6DE7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A8B22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#A8B22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B22D

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B22D	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)

#BFA90F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.150 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c870',
    500: '#a8b22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b22d;
$custom-light: #c5c870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.511,
    "s": 59.641,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73223,
    "c": 0.14962,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B22D

secondary

#7B75C6

accent

#45E351

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B22D

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

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