#A8B533#A8B533

#A8B533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.149 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B533
RGB	rgb(168, 181, 51)
HSL	hsl(66, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(66, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 71.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -20.91, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 64.38, 108.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.0634 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.149 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2708, 41.6122, 9.4106)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B533 #4033B5

analogous

#B58133 #A8B533 #67B533

triadic

#A8B533 #33A8B5 #B533A8

tetradic

#A8B533 #33B581 #4033B5 #B53367

square

#A8B533 #33B581 #4033B5 #B53367

split-complementary

#A8B533 #3367B5 #8133B5

monochromatic

#4F5618 #7C8526 #A8B533 #C3CF56 #D4DD86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#A8B533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#A8B533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B533

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B533	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)

#C2AC1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 181, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.149 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5cb74',
    500: '#a8b533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b533;
$custom-light: #c5cb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7394,
    "c": 0.14935,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B533

secondary

#857DC6

accent

#48DF58

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B533

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

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