#A8B252#A8B252

#A8B252 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.121 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B252
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 82)
HSL	hsl(66, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 53.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -17.26, 47.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 50.22, 110.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.05 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.121 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.5925, 40.7753, 14.0818)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B252 #5C52B2

analogous

#B28C52 #A8B252 #78B252

triadic

#A8B252 #52A8B2 #B252A8

tetradic

#A8B252 #52B28C #5C52B2 #B25278

square

#A8B252 #52B28C #5C52B2 #B25278

split-complementary

#A8B252 #5278B2 #8C52B2

monochromatic

#5A5F2A #828A3D #A8B252 #BDC57C #D3D8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A8B252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#A8B252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B252

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B252	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.121 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c885',
    500: '#a8b252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b252;
$custom-light: #c4c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.25,
    "s": 38.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73555,
    "c": 0.12126,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B252

secondary

#9F9BC5

accent

#59CE66

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B252

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

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