#A8B31C#A8B31C

#A8B31C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.158 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B31C
RGB	rgb(168, 179, 28)
HSL	hsl(64, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(64, 84%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 84.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -20.82, 67.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 70.31, 107.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0649 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.158 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4792, 40.6495, 7.2336)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B31C #271CB3

analogous

#B3721C #A8B31C #5CB31C

triadic

#A8B31C #1CA8B3 #B31CA8

tetradic

#A8B31C #1CB372 #271CB3 #B31C5C

square

#A8B31C #1CB372 #271CB3 #B31C5C

split-complementary

#A8B31C #1C5CB3 #721CB3

monochromatic

#45490B #767E14 #A8B31C #D1DE2E #DDE763

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A8B31C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#A8B31C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B31C

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B31C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B31C	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)

#C0AC2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b31c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 179, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.158 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c96a',
    500: '#a8b31c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b31c;
$custom-light: #c6c96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b31c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.371,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73366,
    "c": 0.15849,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B31C

secondary

#675FCB

accent

#38F046

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B31C

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

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