#A8B326#A8B326

#A8B326 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.154 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B326
RGB	rgb(168, 179, 38)
HSL	hsl(65, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(65, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 78.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -20.49, 64.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 67.73, 107.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0633 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.154 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6194, 40.7056, 7.9720)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B326 #3126B3

analogous

#B37826 #A8B326 #61B326

triadic

#A8B326 #26A8B3 #B326A8

tetradic

#A8B326 #26B378 #3126B3 #B32661

square

#A8B326 #26B378 #3126B3 #B32661

split-complementary

#A8B326 #2661B3 #7826B3

monochromatic

#494E11 #79811B #A8B326 #CBD640 #D8E172

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A8B326 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#A8B326 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B326

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B326	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B326	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)

#C0AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b326;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 179, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.154 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c96d',
    500: '#a8b326',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b326;
$custom-light: #c6c96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b326",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.681,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7341,
    "c": 0.15431,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B326

secondary

#746DC8

accent

#40E84D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B326

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