#A8B248#A8B248

#A8B248 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.130 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B248
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 72)
HSL	hsl(66, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(66, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 59.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -18.07, 51.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 54.73, 109.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0533 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.13 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2393, 40.6341, 12.2218)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B248 #5248B2

analogous

#B28748 #A8B248 #73B248

triadic

#A8B248 #48A8B2 #B248A8

tetradic

#A8B248 #48B287 #5248B2 #B24873

square

#A8B248 #48B287 #5248B2 #B24873

split-complementary

#A8B248 #4873B2 #8748B2

monochromatic

#565B25 #7F8636 #A8B248 #BEC671 #D2D79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A8B248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#A8B248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B248

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B248	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.130 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c87f',
    500: '#a8b248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b248;
$custom-light: #c4c87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.66,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73444,
    "c": 0.13035,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B248

secondary

#9792C4

accent

#56D261

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B248

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

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