#A8B429#A8B429

#A8B429 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.154 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B429
RGB	rgb(168, 180, 41)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(65, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 77.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -20.87, 63.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 67.24, 108.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0641 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.154 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8709, 41.1281, 8.3043)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B429 #3529B4

analogous

#B47A29 #A8B429 #62B429

triadic

#A8B429 #29A8B4 #B429A8

tetradic

#A8B429 #29B47A #3529B4 #B42962

square

#A8B429 #29B47A #3529B4 #B42962

split-complementary

#A8B429 #2962B4 #7A29B4

monochromatic

#4B5012 #79821E #A8B429 #C8D545 #D7E077

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#A8B429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#A8B429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B429

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B429	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 180, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.154 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ca6f',
    500: '#a8b429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b429;
$custom-light: #c6ca6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.18,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73652,
    "c": 0.1539,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B429

secondary

#7871C8

accent

#42E650

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B429

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

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