#A8B232#A8B232

#A8B232 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.147 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B232
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 50)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 71.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -19.46, 60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 63.48, 107.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0594 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.147 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6455, 40.3966, 9.0946)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B232 #3C32B2

analogous

#B27C32 #A8B232 #68B232

triadic

#A8B232 #32A8B2 #B232A8

tetradic

#A8B232 #32B27C #3C32B2 #B23268

square

#A8B232 #32B27C #3C32B2 #B23268

split-complementary

#A8B232 #3268B2 #7C32B2

monochromatic

#4E5217 #7B8225 #A8B232 #C5CF53 #D5DC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A8B232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#A8B232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B232

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B232	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)

#BFA91A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.147 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c873',
    500: '#a8b232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b232;
$custom-light: #c5c873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.688,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73256,
    "c": 0.14667,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B232

secondary

#807BC5

accent

#48DF54

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B232

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

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