#A8B552#A8B552

#A8B552 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.125 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B552
RGB	rgb(168, 181, 82)
HSL	hsl(68, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(68, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 54.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -18.77, 48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 51.67, 111.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0543 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.125 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1959, 41.9822, 14.2830)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B552 #5F52B5

analogous

#B59152 #A8B552 #77B552

triadic

#A8B552 #52A8B5 #B552A8

tetradic

#A8B552 #52B591 #5F52B5 #B55277

square

#A8B552 #52B591 #5F52B5 #B55277

split-complementary

#A8B552 #5277B5 #9152B5

monochromatic

#5B622A #838D3C #A8B552 #BEC77D #D3DAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#A8B552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#A8B552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B552

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B552	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 181, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.125 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4cb86',
    500: '#a8b552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b552;
$custom-light: #c4cb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.879,
    "s": 40.081,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74228,
    "c": 0.12497,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B552

secondary

#A19CC7

accent

#58D068

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B552

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

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