#A8B327#A8B327

#A8B327 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	#A8B327
RGB	rgb(168, 179, 39)
HSL	hsl(65, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(65, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 78.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -20.45, 64.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 67.44, 107.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0631 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.154 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6358, 40.7122, 8.0581)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B327 #3227B3

analogous

#B37827 #A8B327 #62B327

triadic

#A8B327 #27A8B3 #B327A8

tetradic

#A8B327 #27B378 #3227B3 #B32762

square

#A8B327 #27B378 #3227B3 #B32762

split-complementary

#A8B327 #2762B3 #7827B3

monochromatic

#4A4E11 #79811C #A8B327 #CAD641 #D8E174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A8B327 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#A8B327 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B327

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B327	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B327	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)

#C0AC34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b327;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 179, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.154 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c96e',
    500: '#a8b327',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b327;
$custom-light: #c6c96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b327",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.714,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73415,
    "c": 0.15383,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B327

secondary

#756EC8

accent

#41E74E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B327

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

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