#A8B438#A8B438

#A8B438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.145 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B438
RGB	rgb(168, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(66, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(66, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -20.14, 58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 62.14, 108.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0608 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.145 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1844, 41.2534, 9.9552)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B438 #4438B4

analogous

#B48238 #A8B438 #6AB438

triadic

#A8B438 #38A8B4 #B438A8

tetradic

#A8B438 #38B482 #4438B4 #B4386A

square

#A8B438 #38B482 #4438B4 #B4386A

split-complementary

#A8B438 #386AB4 #8238B4

monochromatic

#51571B #7C8529 #A8B438 #C2CD5D #D3DB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A8B438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#A8B438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B438

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B438	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.145 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ca76',
    500: '#a8b438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b438;
$custom-light: #c5ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.806,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73751,
    "c": 0.14499,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B438

secondary

#8982C5

accent

#4CDC5A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B438

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

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