#A8B31A#A8B31A

#A8B31A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.159 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B31A
RGB	rgb(168, 179, 26)
HSL	hsl(64, 75%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(64, 85%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 85.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -20.88, 67.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 70.75, 107.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.0652 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.159 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4561, 40.6403, 7.1117)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B31A #251AB3

analogous

#B3721A #A8B31A #5BB31A

triadic

#A8B31A #1AA8B3 #B31AA8

tetradic

#A8B31A #1AB372 #251AB3 #B31A5B

square

#A8B31A #1AB372 #251AB3 #B31A5B

split-complementary

#A8B31A #1A5BB3 #721AB3

monochromatic

#44480A #767E12 #A8B31A #D3E02A #DEE860

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A8B31A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#A8B31A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B31A

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B31A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B31A	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)

#C0AC2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b31a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 179, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.159 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c969',
    500: '#a8b31a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b31a;
$custom-light: #c6c969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b31a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.314,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73359,
    "c": 0.15919,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B31A

secondary

#655DCC

accent

#37F144

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B31A

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

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