#A8B319#A8B319

#A8B319 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	#A8B319
RGB	rgb(168, 179, 25)
HSL	hsl(64, 75%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(64, 86%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 86%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -20.90, 67.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 70.96, 107.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.0653 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.16 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4451, 40.6359, 7.0539)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B319 #2419B3

analogous

#B37119 #A8B319 #5BB319

triadic

#A8B319 #19A8B3 #B319A8

tetradic

#A8B319 #19B371 #2419B3 #B3195B

square

#A8B319 #19B371 #2419B3 #B3195B

split-complementary

#A8B319 #195BB3 #7119B3

monochromatic

#43480A #767D12 #A8B319 #D4E128 #DFE85E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A8B319 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#A8B319 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B319

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B319	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B319	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)

#C0AC2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b319;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 179, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.160 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c969',
    500: '#a8b319',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b319;
$custom-light: #c6c969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b319",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 75.49,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73355,
    "c": 0.15953,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B319

secondary

#635BCC

accent

#36F243

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B319

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

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