#A8B31F#A8B31F

#A8B31F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.157 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B31F
RGB	rgb(168, 179, 31)
HSL	hsl(64, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(64, 83%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 82.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -20.73, 66.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 69.60, 107.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0645 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.157 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5169, 40.6646, 7.4322)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B31F #2A1FB3

analogous

#B3741F #A8B31F #5EB31F

triadic

#A8B31F #1FA8B3 #B31FA8

tetradic

#A8B31F #1FB374 #2A1FB3 #B31F5E

square

#A8B31F #1FB374 #2A1FB3 #B31F5E

split-complementary

#A8B31F #1F5EB3 #741FB3

monochromatic

#464B0D #777F16 #A8B31F #CFDC33 #DBE568

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A8B31F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#A8B31F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B31F

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B31F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B31F	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)

#C0AC2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b31f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 179, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.157 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c96b',
    500: '#a8b31f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b31f;
$custom-light: #c6c96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b31f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.459,
    "s": 70.476,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73378,
    "c": 0.15736,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B31F

secondary

#6B64CA

accent

#3BED48

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B31F

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

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