#A8B72A#A8B72A

#A8B72A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.157 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B72A
RGB	rgb(168, 183, 42)
HSL	hsl(66, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(66, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 77%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -22.32, 64.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 68.15, 109.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.0681 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.157 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5008, 42.3595, 8.6015)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B72A #392AB7

analogous

#B7802A #A8B72A #62B72A

triadic

#A8B72A #2AA8B7 #B72AA8

tetradic

#A8B72A #2AB780 #392AB7 #B72A62

square

#A8B72A #2AB780 #392AB7 #B72A62

split-complementary

#A8B72A #2A62B7 #802AB7

monochromatic

#4D5313 #7A851F #A8B72A #C6D549 #D6E17B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#A8B72A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#A8B72A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B72A

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B72A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B72A	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b72a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 183, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.157 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cc70',
    500: '#a8b72a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b72a;
$custom-light: #c6cc70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b72a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.383,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74338,
    "c": 0.15663,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B72A

secondary

#7D74C9

accent

#42E653

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B72A

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

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