#A8B536#A8B536

#A8B536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.147 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B536
RGB	rgb(168, 181, 54)
HSL	hsl(66, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(66, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -20.75, 59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 63.31, 109.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.0627 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.147 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3391, 41.6395, 9.7703)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B536 #4336B5

analogous

#B58236 #A8B536 #68B536

triadic

#A8B536 #36A8B5 #B536A8

tetradic

#A8B536 #36B582 #4336B5 #B53668

square

#A8B536 #36B582 #4336B5 #B53668

split-complementary

#A8B536 #3668B5 #8236B5

monochromatic

#50571A #7C8628 #A8B536 #C2CE5A #D3DC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#A8B536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#A8B536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B536

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B536	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AB9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 181, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.147 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5cb75',
    500: '#a8b536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b536;
$custom-light: #c5cb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.142,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73962,
    "c": 0.14744,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B536

secondary

#8881C6

accent

#4ADD59

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B536

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

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