#A8B22E#A8B22E

#A8B22E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.149 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B22E
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 46)
HSL	hsl(65, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 74.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -19.65, 61.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 64.85, 107.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0603 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.149 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5630, 40.3635, 8.6598)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B22E #382EB2

analogous

#B27A2E #A8B22E #66B22E

triadic

#A8B22E #2EA8B2 #B22EA8

tetradic

#A8B22E #2EB27A #382EB2 #B22E66

square

#A8B22E #2EB27A #382EB2 #B22E66

split-complementary

#A8B22E #2E66B2 #7A2EB2

monochromatic

#4C5115 #7A8121 #A8B22E #C7D14C #D6DD7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A8B22E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#A8B22E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B22E

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B22E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B22E	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)

#BFA911

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b22e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.149 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c871',
    500: '#a8b22e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b22e;
$custom-light: #c5c871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b22e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.545,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73229,
    "c": 0.14904,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B22E

secondary

#7C76C6

accent

#46E252

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B22E

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

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