#A8B72B#A8B72B

#A8B72B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.156 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B72B
RGB	rgb(168, 183, 43)
HSL	hsl(66, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(66, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 76.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -22.28, 64.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 67.84, 109.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.0679 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.156 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5189, 42.3668, 8.6969)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B72B #3A2BB7

analogous

#B7802B #A8B72B #62B72B

triadic

#A8B72B #2BA8B7 #B72BA8

tetradic

#A8B72B #2BB780 #3A2BB7 #B72B62

square

#A8B72B #2BB780 #3A2BB7 #B72B62

split-complementary

#A8B72B #2B62B7 #802BB7

monochromatic

#4D5414 #7B851F #A8B72B #C6D54B #D6E07C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#A8B72B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#A8B72B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B72B

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B72B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B72B	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)

#C4AD04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b72b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 183, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.156 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5cc70',
    500: '#a8b72b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b72b;
$custom-light: #c5cc70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b72b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.429,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74344,
    "c": 0.15611,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B72B

secondary

#7E75C9

accent

#43E554

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B72B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →