#A8B330#A8B330

#A8B330 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.149 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B330
RGB	rgb(168, 179, 48)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 73.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -20.06, 61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 64.58, 108.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0613 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.149 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8030, 40.7791, 8.9389)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B330 #3B30B3

analogous

#B37D30 #A8B330 #67B330

triadic

#A8B330 #30A8B3 #B330A8

tetradic

#A8B330 #30B37D #3B30B3 #B33067

square

#A8B330 #30B37D #3B30B3 #B33067

split-complementary

#A8B330 #3067B3 #7D30B3

monochromatic

#4D5216 #7B8323 #A8B330 #C5D050 #D5DD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A8B330 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#A8B330 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B330

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B330	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B330	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b330;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 179, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.149 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c972',
    500: '#a8b330',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b330;
$custom-light: #c5c972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b330",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.038,
    "s": 57.709,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73468,
    "c": 0.14897,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B330

secondary

#7F79C6

accent

#47E154

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B330

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

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