#A8B336#A8B336

#A8B336 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.145 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B336
RGB	rgb(168, 179, 54)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -19.75, 59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 62.45, 108.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0599 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.145 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9353, 40.8320, 9.6357)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B336 #4136B3

analogous

#B37F36 #A8B336 #69B336

triadic

#A8B336 #36A8B3 #B336A8

tetradic

#A8B336 #36B37F #4136B3 #B33669

square

#A8B336 #36B37F #4136B3 #B33669

split-complementary

#A8B336 #3669B3 #7F36B3

monochromatic

#50551A #7C8428 #A8B336 #C3CD59 #D4DB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A8B336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#A8B336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B336

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B336	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 179, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.145 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c975',
    500: '#a8b336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b336;
$custom-light: #c5c975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.28,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7351,
    "c": 0.14521,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B336

secondary

#8680C5

accent

#4BDD58

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B336

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

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