#A8B249#A8B249

#A8B249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.129 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B249
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(66, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(66, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -17.99, 51.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 54.29, 109.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.053 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.129 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2722, 40.6472, 12.3950)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B249 #5349B2

analogous

#B28849 #A8B249 #74B249

triadic

#A8B249 #49A8B2 #B249A8

tetradic

#A8B249 #49B288 #5349B2 #B24974

square

#A8B249 #49B288 #5349B2 #B24974

split-complementary

#A8B249 #4974B2 #8849B2

monochromatic

#565B25 #7F8737 #A8B249 #BEC573 #D2D79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A8B249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#A8B249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B249

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B249	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)

#BEAA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.129 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c880',
    500: '#a8b249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b249;
$custom-light: #c4c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.714,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73454,
    "c": 0.12948,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B249

secondary

#9893C4

accent

#56D262

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B249

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

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