#A8B537#A8B537

#A8B537 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	#A8B537
RGB	rgb(168, 181, 55)
HSL	hsl(66, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(66, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -20.69, 59.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 62.94, 109.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0624 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.147 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3628, 41.6490, 9.8952)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B537 #4437B5

analogous

#B58337 #A8B537 #69B537

triadic

#A8B537 #37A8B5 #B537A8

tetradic

#A8B537 #37B583 #4437B5 #B53769

square

#A8B537 #37B583 #4437B5 #B53769

split-complementary

#A8B537 #3769B5 #8337B5

monochromatic

#51571A #7C8629 #A8B537 #C2CD5C #D3DC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#A8B537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#A8B537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B537

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B537	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)

#C2AC23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AB9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 181, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.147 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5cb76',
    500: '#a8b537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b537;
$custom-light: #c5cb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.19,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73969,
    "c": 0.14678,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B537

secondary

#8982C6

accent

#4BDD5A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B537

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