#A8B237#A8B237

#A8B237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.143 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B237
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 55)
HSL	hsl(65, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(65, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 69.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -19.19, 58.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 61.66, 108.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0582 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.143 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7593, 40.4421, 9.6941)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B237 #4137B2

analogous

#B27E37 #A8B237 #6AB237

triadic

#A8B237 #37A8B2 #B237A8

tetradic

#A8B237 #37B27E #4137B2 #B2376A

square

#A8B237 #37B27E #4137B2 #B2376A

split-complementary

#A8B237 #376AB2 #7E37B2

monochromatic

#50541A #7C8329 #A8B237 #C3CC5A #D4DB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A8B237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#A8B237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B237

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B237	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)

#BFA924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.143 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c875',
    500: '#a8b237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b237;
$custom-light: #c5c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.878,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73292,
    "c": 0.14343,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B237

secondary

#8680C5

accent

#4CDC57

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B237

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

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