#A8B531#A8B531

#A8B531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.151 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B531
RGB	rgb(168, 181, 49)
HSL	hsl(66, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(66, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 72.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -21.01, 61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 65.07, 108.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.0638 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.151 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2276, 41.5949, 9.1834)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B531 #3E31B5

analogous

#B58031 #A8B531 #66B531

triadic

#A8B531 #31A8B5 #B531A8

tetradic

#A8B531 #31B580 #3E31B5 #B53166

square

#A8B531 #31B580 #3E31B5 #B53166

split-complementary

#A8B531 #3166B5 #8031B5

monochromatic

#4F5517 #7B8524 #A8B531 #C4D053 #D5DD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#A8B531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#A8B531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B531

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B531	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 181, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.151 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5cb73',
    500: '#a8b531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b531;
$custom-light: #c5cb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.909,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73927,
    "c": 0.15057,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B531

secondary

#837BC7

accent

#47E156

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B531

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

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