#A8B318#A8B318

#A8B318 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.160 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B318
RGB	rgb(168, 179, 24)
HSL	hsl(64, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(64, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 86.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -20.93, 68.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 71.17, 107.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0655 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.16 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4345, 40.6317, 6.9981)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B318 #2318B3

analogous

#B37118 #A8B318 #5BB318

triadic

#A8B318 #18A8B3 #B318A8

tetradic

#A8B318 #18B371 #2318B3 #B3185B

square

#A8B318 #18B371 #2318B3 #B3185B

split-complementary

#A8B318 #185BB3 #7118B3

monochromatic

#43470A #757D11 #A8B318 #D5E226 #DFE95C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A8B318 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#A8B318 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B318

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B318	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B318	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)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b318;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 179, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.160 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c968',
    500: '#a8b318',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b318;
$custom-light: #c6c968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b318",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.258,
    "s": 76.355,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73352,
    "c": 0.15984,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B318

secondary

#625ACD

accent

#35F342

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B318

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

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