#A8B428#A8B428

#A8B428 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.154 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B428
RGB	rgb(168, 180, 40)
HSL	hsl(65, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(65, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 77.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -20.91, 64.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 67.54, 108.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0643 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.154 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8537, 41.1212, 8.2136)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B428 #3428B4

analogous

#B47A28 #A8B428 #62B428

triadic

#A8B428 #28A8B4 #B428A8

tetradic

#A8B428 #28B47A #3428B4 #B42862

square

#A8B428 #28B47A #3428B4 #B42862

split-complementary

#A8B428 #2862B4 #7A28B4

monochromatic

#4B5012 #79821D #A8B428 #C9D544 #D7E176

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#A8B428 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#A8B428 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B428

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B428	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B428	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)

#C1AD35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b428;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 180, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.154 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ca6e',
    500: '#a8b428',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b428;
$custom-light: #c6ca6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b428",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.143,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73647,
    "c": 0.15439,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B428

secondary

#7770C8

accent

#41E74F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B428

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

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