#A8B233#A8B233

#A8B233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.146 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B233
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 51)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 71.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -19.41, 60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 63.12, 107.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0592 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.146 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6673, 40.4053, 9.2095)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B233 #3D33B2

analogous

#B27C33 #A8B233 #69B233

triadic

#A8B233 #33A8B2 #B233A8

tetradic

#A8B233 #33B27C #3D33B2 #B23369

square

#A8B233 #33B27C #3D33B2 #B23369

split-complementary

#A8B233 #3369B2 #7C33B2

monochromatic

#4E5318 #7B8225 #A8B233 #C4CE54 #D5DC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A8B233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#A8B233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B233

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B233	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)

#BFA91C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.146 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c873',
    500: '#a8b233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b233;
$custom-light: #c5c873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.724,
    "s": 55.459,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73263,
    "c": 0.14604,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B233

secondary

#817CC5

accent

#49DF55

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B233

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

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