#A8B239#A8B239

#A8B239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.142 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B239
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 57)
HSL	hsl(65, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 68%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -19.08, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 60.90, 108.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% -0.0577 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.142 114)
XYZ	xyz(32.8083, 40.4617, 9.9517)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B239 #4339B2

analogous

#B27F39 #A8B239 #6BB239

triadic

#A8B239 #39A8B2 #B239A8

tetradic

#A8B239 #39B27F #4339B2 #B2396B

square

#A8B239 #39B27F #4339B2 #B2396B

split-complementary

#A8B239 #396BB2 #7F39B2

monochromatic

#50551B #7C842A #A8B239 #C2CB5D #D3DA8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A8B239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#A8B239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B239

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B239	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)

#BFA927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.142 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c876',
    500: '#a8b239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b239;
$custom-light: #c5c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.959,
    "s": 51.489,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73307,
    "c": 0.14205,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.40461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B239

secondary

#8882C4

accent

#4DDB59

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B239

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

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