#A8B433#A8B433
#A8B433 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.148 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A8B433 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(168, 180, 51) |
| HSL | hsl(66, 56%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(66, 72%, 71%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 71.7%, 29.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.32, -20.41, 60.61) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.32, 63.96, 108.61°) |
| OKLab | oklab(73.71% -0.062 0.1347) |
| OKLCH | oklch(73.71% 0.148 114.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(33.0682, 41.2070, 9.3431) |
| Luminance | 0.4121 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 2.75
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 3.24
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 3.29
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 3.40
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 3.62
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 4.01
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A8B433 #3F33B4
analogous
#B47F33 #A8B433 #68B433
triadic
#A8B433 #33A8B4 #B433A8
tetradic
#A8B433 #33B47F #3F33B4 #B43368
square
#A8B433 #33B47F #3F33B4 #B43368
split-complementary
#A8B433 #3368B4 #7F33B4
monochromatic
#4F5518 #7B8425 #A8B433 #C4CF55 #D4DC85
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.27
#A8B433 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.24
#A8B433 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A8B433
9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A8B433 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A8B433 | 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)
#C1AB1C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C0AD3D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B3A99B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a8b433; /* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 180, 51); /* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.148 114.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c5ca74',
500: '#a8b433',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a8b433; $custom-light: #c5ca74; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a8b433",
"rgb": {
"r": 168,
"g": 180,
"b": 51
},
"hsl": {
"h": 65.581,
"s": 55.844,
"l": 45.294
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.73714,
"c": 0.14825,
"h": 114.7
},
"luminance": 0.41206
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A8B433
secondary
#847DC6
accent
#49DF57
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F8F8ED
border
#D1D1C8
text
#131309
muted
#82827B