#A8B335#A8B335

#A8B335 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.146 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B335
RGB	rgb(168, 179, 53)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 70.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -19.80, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 62.82, 108.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0601 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.146 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9121, 40.8227, 9.5133)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B335 #4035B3

analogous

#B37F35 #A8B335 #69B335

triadic

#A8B335 #35A8B3 #B335A8

tetradic

#A8B335 #35B37F #4035B3 #B33569

square

#A8B335 #35B37F #4035B3 #B33569

split-complementary

#A8B335 #3569B3 #7F35B3

monochromatic

#4F5519 #7C8427 #A8B335 #C3CD58 #D4DB87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A8B335 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#A8B335 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B335

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B335	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B335	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)

#C0AA20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b335;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 179, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.146 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c974',
    500: '#a8b335',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b335;
$custom-light: #c5c974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b335",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.238,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73502,
    "c": 0.14586,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B335

secondary

#857FC5

accent

#4ADE57

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B335

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

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