#A8B416#A8B416

#A8B416 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.161 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B416
RGB	rgb(168, 180, 22)
HSL	hsl(65, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(65, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 87.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -21.47, 68.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 71.93, 107.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0671 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.161 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6156, 41.0259, 6.9596)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B416 #2216B4

analogous

#B47116 #A8B416 #59B416

triadic

#A8B416 #16A8B4 #B416A8

tetradic

#A8B416 #16B471 #2216B4 #B41659

square

#A8B416 #16B471 #2216B4 #B41659

split-complementary

#A8B416 #1659B4 #7116B4

monochromatic

#424709 #757D0F #A8B416 #D5E423 #E0EB5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#A8B416 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#A8B416 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B416

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B416	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B416	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b416;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 180, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.161 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ca68',
    500: '#a8b416',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b416;
$custom-light: #c6ca68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b416",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.557,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73572,
    "c": 0.16147,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B416

secondary

#6158CE

accent

#33F542

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B416

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

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