#A8B42E#A8B42E

#A8B42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.151 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B42E
RGB	rgb(168, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(65, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -20.65, 62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 65.66, 108.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0631 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.151 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9638, 41.1652, 8.7934)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B42E #3A2EB4

analogous

#B47D2E #A8B42E #65B42E

triadic

#A8B42E #2EA8B4 #B42EA8

tetradic

#A8B42E #2EB47D #3A2EB4 #B42E65

square

#A8B42E #2EB47D #3A2EB4 #B42E65

split-complementary

#A8B42E #2E65B4 #7D2EB4

monochromatic

#4D5315 #7B8322 #A8B42E #C6D24E #D6DE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A8B42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#A8B42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B42E

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B42E	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	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)

#C1AB10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.151 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ca71',
    500: '#a8b42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b42e;
$custom-light: #c5ca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.373,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73682,
    "c": 0.15122,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B42E

secondary

#7E77C7

accent

#45E253

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B42E

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

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