#A8B526#A8B526

#A8B526 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.156 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B526
RGB	rgb(168, 181, 38)
HSL	hsl(65, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(65, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 79%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -21.49, 65.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 68.52, 108.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.0661 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.156 115)
XYZ	xyz(33.0232, 41.5131, 8.1066)
Luminance	0.4151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B526 #3326B5

analogous

#B57B26 #A8B526 #60B526

triadic

#A8B526 #26A8B5 #B526A8

tetradic

#A8B526 #26B57B #3326B5 #B52660

square

#A8B526 #26B57B #3326B5 #B52660

split-complementary

#A8B526 #2660B5 #7B26B5

monochromatic

#4A5011 #79821B #A8B526 #C9D741 #D8E274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#A8B526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#A8B526 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B526

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B526	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 181, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.156 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cb6e',
    500: '#a8b526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b526;
$custom-light: #c6cb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73863,
    "c": 0.15644,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.41513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B526

secondary

#766EC9

accent

#40E84F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B526

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

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