#A8B332#A8B332

#A8B332 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.148 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B332
RGB	rgb(168, 179, 50)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 72.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -19.96, 60.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 63.89, 108.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.0608 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.148 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8452, 40.7959, 9.1612)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B332 #3D32B3

analogous

#B37D32 #A8B332 #68B332

triadic

#A8B332 #32A8B3 #B332A8

tetradic

#A8B332 #32B37D #3D32B3 #B33268

square

#A8B332 #32B37D #3D32B3 #B33268

split-complementary

#A8B332 #3268B3 #7D32B3

monochromatic

#4E5317 #7B8325 #A8B332 #C4CF53 #D5DC83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A8B332 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#A8B332 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B332

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B332	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B332	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)

#C0AA1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b332;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 179, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.148 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c973',
    500: '#a8b332',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b332;
$custom-light: #c5c973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b332",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.116,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73481,
    "c": 0.14776,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B332

secondary

#817BC6

accent

#48E055

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B332

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

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