#A8B430#A8B430

#A8B430 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.150 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B430
RGB	rgb(168, 180, 48)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 73.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -20.56, 61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 64.99, 108.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0627 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.15 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0041, 41.1813, 9.0059)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B430 #3C30B4

analogous

#B47E30 #A8B430 #66B430

triadic

#A8B430 #30A8B4 #B430A8

tetradic

#A8B430 #30B47E #3C30B4 #B43066

square

#A8B430 #30B47E #3C30B4 #B43066

split-complementary

#A8B430 #3066B4 #7E30B4

monochromatic

#4E5316 #7B8423 #A8B430 #C5D151 #D5DD81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A8B430 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#A8B430 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B430

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B430	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B430	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b430;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 180, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.150 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ca72',
    500: '#a8b430',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b430;
$custom-light: #c5ca72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b430",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73694,
    "c": 0.15006,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B430

secondary

#8079C6

accent

#47E155

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B430

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

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