#A8B253#A8B253

#A8B253 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.120 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B253
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 83)
HSL	hsl(66, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 53.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -17.17, 46.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 49.76, 110.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0496 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.12 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6308, 40.7907, 14.2837)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B253 #5D53B2

analogous

#B28C53 #A8B253 #78B253

triadic

#A8B253 #53A8B2 #B253A8

tetradic

#A8B253 #53B28C #5D53B2 #B25378

square

#A8B253 #53B28C #5D53B2 #B25378

split-complementary

#A8B253 #5378B2 #8C53B2

monochromatic

#5A602B #828A3E #A8B253 #BDC57D #D3D8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A8B253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#A8B253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B253

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B253	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.120 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c886',
    500: '#a8b253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b253;
$custom-light: #c4c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.316,
    "s": 38.153,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73567,
    "c": 0.1203,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B253

secondary

#A09BC5

accent

#5ACE66

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B253

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

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