#A8B42C#A8B42C

#A8B42C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.152 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B42C
RGB	rgb(168, 180, 44)
HSL	hsl(65, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 75.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, -20.74, 62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 66.31, 108.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.0635 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.152 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9253, 41.1498, 8.5906)
Luminance	0.4115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B42C #382CB4

analogous

#B47C2C #A8B42C #64B42C

triadic

#A8B42C #2CA8B4 #B42CA8

tetradic

#A8B42C #2CB47C #382CB4 #B42C64

square

#A8B42C #2CB47C #382CB4 #B42C64

split-complementary

#A8B42C #2C64B4 #7C2CB4

monochromatic

#4C5214 #7A8320 #A8B42C #C7D34A #D6DF7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#A8B42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#A8B42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B42C

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B42C	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)

#C1AB0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 180, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.152 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ca70',
    500: '#a8b42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b42c;
$custom-light: #c5ca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.294,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7367,
    "c": 0.15232,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B42C

secondary

#7C75C7

accent

#44E452

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B42C

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

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