#A8B42A#A8B42A

#A8B42A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.153 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B42A
RGB	rgb(168, 180, 42)
HSL	hsl(65, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 76.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -20.83, 63.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 66.93, 108.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.064 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.153 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8886, 41.1351, 8.3974)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B42A #362AB4

analogous

#B47B2A #A8B42A #63B42A

triadic

#A8B42A #2AA8B4 #B42AA8

tetradic

#A8B42A #2AB47B #362AB4 #B42A63

square

#A8B42A #2AB47B #362AB4 #B42A63

split-complementary

#A8B42A #2A63B4 #7B2AB4

monochromatic

#4B5113 #7A821E #A8B42A #C8D447 #D7E079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#A8B42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#A8B42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B42A

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B42A	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)

#C1AB03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 180, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.153 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ca6f',
    500: '#a8b42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b42a;
$custom-light: #c5ca6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.217,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73658,
    "c": 0.15338,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B42A

secondary

#7A72C8

accent

#43E551

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B42A

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

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