#A8B417#A8B417

#A8B417 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	#A8B417
RGB	rgb(168, 180, 23)
HSL	hsl(65, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(65, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 87.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -21.45, 68.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 71.73, 107.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0669 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.161 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6254, 41.0299, 7.0113)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B417 #2317B4

analogous

#B47217 #A8B417 #5AB417

triadic

#A8B417 #17A8B4 #B417A8

tetradic

#A8B417 #17B472 #2317B4 #B4175A

square

#A8B417 #17B472 #2317B4 #B4175A

split-complementary

#A8B417 #175AB4 #7217B4

monochromatic

#434709 #757E10 #A8B417 #D5E325 #DFEA5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#A8B417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#A8B417 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B417

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B417	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: #a8b417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 180, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.161 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ca68',
    500: '#a8b417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b417;
$custom-light: #c6ca68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.586,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73576,
    "c": 0.16118,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B417

secondary

#6259CE

accent

#34F443

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B417

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

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