#A8B316#A8B316

#A8B316 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.160 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B316
RGB	rgb(168, 179, 22)
HSL	hsl(64, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(64, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 87.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -20.98, 68.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 71.56, 107.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0657 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.16 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4144, 40.6236, 6.8925)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B316 #2116B3

analogous

#B37016 #A8B316 #5AB316

triadic

#A8B316 #16A8B3 #B316A8

tetradic

#A8B316 #16B370 #2116B3 #B3165A

square

#A8B316 #16B370 #2116B3 #B3165A

split-complementary

#A8B316 #165AB3 #7016B3

monochromatic

#424609 #757C0F #A8B316 #D6E422 #E0EB59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A8B316 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#A8B316 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B316

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B316	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B316	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b316;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 179, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.160 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c968',
    500: '#a8b316',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b316;
$custom-light: #c6c968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b316",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.204,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73346,
    "c": 0.16046,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B316

secondary

#5F57CE

accent

#33F541

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EB

border

#D2D1C6

text

#141307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B316

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

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