#A8B236#A8B236

#A8B236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.144 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B236
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 54)
HSL	hsl(65, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 69.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -19.25, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 62.03, 108.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.0585 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.144 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7356, 40.4326, 9.5691)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B236 #4036B2

analogous

#B27E36 #A8B236 #6AB236

triadic

#A8B236 #36A8B2 #B236A8

tetradic

#A8B236 #36B27E #4036B2 #B2366A

square

#A8B236 #36B27E #4036B2 #B2366A

split-complementary

#A8B236 #366AB2 #7E36B2

monochromatic

#4F541A #7C8328 #A8B236 #C3CD59 #D4DB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A8B236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#A8B236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B236

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B236	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.144 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c875',
    500: '#a8b236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b236;
$custom-light: #c5c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.839,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73284,
    "c": 0.1441,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B236

secondary

#857FC5

accent

#4BDD57

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B236

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

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