#A8B234#A8B234

#A8B234 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.145 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B234
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 52)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 70.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -19.35, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 62.76, 107.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.059 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.145 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6896, 40.4142, 9.3268)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B234 #3E34B2

analogous

#B27D34 #A8B234 #69B234

triadic

#A8B234 #34A8B2 #B234A8

tetradic

#A8B234 #34B27D #3E34B2 #B23469

square

#A8B234 #34B27D #3E34B2 #B23469

split-complementary

#A8B234 #3469B2 #7D34B2

monochromatic

#4F5318 #7B8326 #A8B234 #C4CE56 #D5DB85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A8B234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#A8B234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B234

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B234	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)

#BFA91E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.145 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c874',
    500: '#a8b234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b234;
$custom-light: #c5c874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.762,
    "s": 54.783,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7327,
    "c": 0.1454,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B234

secondary

#837DC5

accent

#4ADE55

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B234

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

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