#A8B322#A8B322

#A8B322 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.156 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B322
RGB	rgb(168, 179, 34)
HSL	hsl(65, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(65, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 81%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -20.64, 65.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 68.83, 107.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.064 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.156 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5583, 40.6812, 7.6502)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B322 #2D22B3

analogous

#B37622 #A8B322 #60B322

triadic

#A8B322 #22A8B3 #B322A8

tetradic

#A8B322 #22B376 #2D22B3 #B32260

square

#A8B322 #22B376 #2D22B3 #B32260

split-complementary

#A8B322 #2260B3 #7622B3

monochromatic

#474C0E #788018 #A8B322 #CDD939 #DAE36C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A8B322 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#A8B322 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B322

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B322	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B322	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b322;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 179, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.156 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c96c',
    500: '#a8b322',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b322;
$custom-light: #c6c96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b322",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.552,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73391,
    "c": 0.15612,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B322

secondary

#6F68C9

accent

#3DEB4A

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#131308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B322

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

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