#A8B431#A8B431

#A8B431 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.149 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B431
RGB	rgb(168, 180, 49)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 72.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, -20.51, 61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 64.65, 108.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0625 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.149 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0250, 41.1897, 9.1158)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B431 #3D31B4

analogous

#B47E31 #A8B431 #67B431

triadic

#A8B431 #31A8B4 #B431A8

tetradic

#A8B431 #31B47E #3D31B4 #B43167

square

#A8B431 #31B47E #3D31B4 #B43167

split-complementary

#A8B431 #3167B4 #7E31B4

monochromatic

#4E5417 #7B8424 #A8B431 #C4D052 #D5DD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A8B431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#A8B431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B431

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B431	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)

#C1AB17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 180, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.149 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ca73',
    500: '#a8b431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b431;
$custom-light: #c5ca73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.496,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73701,
    "c": 0.14947,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B431

secondary

#817BC6

accent

#47E055

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B431

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

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