#A8B340#A8B340

#A8B340 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.138 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B340
RGB	rgb(168, 179, 64)
HSL	hsl(66, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(66, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -19.14, 55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 58.56, 109.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.0572 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.138 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1948, 40.9358, 11.0022)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B340 #4B40B3

analogous

#B38440 #A8B340 #6FB340

triadic

#A8B340 #40A8B3 #B340A8

tetradic

#A8B340 #40B384 #4B40B3 #B3406F

square

#A8B340 #40B384 #4B40B3 #B3406F

split-complementary

#A8B340 #406FB3 #8440B3

monochromatic

#535920 #7E8630 #A8B340 #BFC967 #D2D994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A8B340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#A8B340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B340

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B340	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 179, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.138 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c97b',
    500: '#a8b340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b340;
$custom-light: #c5c97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.739,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73591,
    "c": 0.13804,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B340

secondary

#908AC4

accent

#51D75E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B340

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

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