#A8B230#A8B230

#A8B230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.148 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B230
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 48)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 73%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -19.56, 61.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 64.17, 107.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0599 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.148 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6033, 40.3797, 8.8723)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B230 #3A30B2

analogous

#B27B30 #A8B230 #67B230

triadic

#A8B230 #30A8B2 #B230A8

tetradic

#A8B230 #30B27B #3A30B2 #B23067

square

#A8B230 #30B27B #3A30B2 #B23067

split-complementary

#A8B230 #3067B2 #7B30B2

monochromatic

#4D5216 #7B8223 #A8B230 #C6D050 #D6DD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A8B230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#A8B230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B230

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B230	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA916

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.148 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c872',
    500: '#a8b230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b230;
$custom-light: #c5c872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 57.522,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73242,
    "c": 0.14788,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B230

secondary

#7E78C6

accent

#47E153

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B230

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

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