#A8B53B#A8B53B

#A8B53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.144 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B53B
RGB	rgb(168, 181, 59)
HSL	hsl(66, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(66, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 67.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -20.46, 57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 61.43, 109.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0614 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.144 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4626, 41.6889, 10.4208)
Luminance	0.4169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B53B #483BB5

analogous

#B5853B #A8B53B #6BB53B

triadic

#A8B53B #3BA8B5 #B53BA8

tetradic

#A8B53B #3BB585 #483BB5 #B53B6B

square

#A8B53B #3BB585 #483BB5 #B53B6B

split-complementary

#A8B53B #3B6BB5 #853BB5

monochromatic

#52591D #7D872C #A8B53B #C0CC62 #D3DB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#A8B53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#A8B53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B53B

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B53B	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AB9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 181, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.144 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5cb78',
    500: '#a8b53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b53b;
$custom-light: #c5cb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.393,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74,
    "c": 0.14404,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B53B

secondary

#8D86C6

accent

#4DDA5C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B53B

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

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