#A8B235#A8B235

#A8B235 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	#A8B235
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 53)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 70.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -19.30, 59.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 62.40, 108.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.0587 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.145 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7124, 40.4233, 9.4467)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B235 #3F35B2

analogous

#B27D35 #A8B235 #69B235

triadic

#A8B235 #35A8B2 #B235A8

tetradic

#A8B235 #35B27D #3F35B2 #B23569

square

#A8B235 #35B27D #3F35B2 #B23569

split-complementary

#A8B235 #3569B2 #7D35B2

monochromatic

#4F5419 #7B8327 #A8B235 #C4CD57 #D4DB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A8B235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#A8B235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B235

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B235	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)

#BFA920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.145 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c874',
    500: '#a8b235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b235;
$custom-light: #c5c874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.8,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73277,
    "c": 0.14476,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B235

secondary

#847EC5

accent

#4ADD56

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B235

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

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