#A8B427#A8B427

#A8B427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.155 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B427
RGB	rgb(168, 180, 39)
HSL	hsl(65, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(65, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 78.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -20.95, 64.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 67.83, 107.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.0645 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.155 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8369, 41.1145, 8.1251)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B427 #3327B4

analogous

#B47927 #A8B427 #62B427

triadic

#A8B427 #27A8B4 #B427A8

tetradic

#A8B427 #27B479 #3327B4 #B42762

square

#A8B427 #27B479 #3327B4 #B42762

split-complementary

#A8B427 #2762B4 #7927B4

monochromatic

#4A4F11 #79821C #A8B427 #C9D642 #D8E174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#A8B427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#A8B427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B427

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B427	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 180, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.155 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ca6e',
    500: '#a8b427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b427;
$custom-light: #c6ca6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.106,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73642,
    "c": 0.15489,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B427

secondary

#766FC8

accent

#40E74F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B427

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

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