#A8B72C#A8B72C

#A8B72C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.156 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B72C
RGB	rgb(168, 183, 44)
HSL	hsl(66, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(66, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 76%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -22.23, 63.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 67.53, 109.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0677 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.156 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5375, 42.3742, 8.7947)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B72C #3B2CB7

analogous

#B7812C #A8B72C #63B72C

triadic

#A8B72C #2CA8B7 #B72CA8

tetradic

#A8B72C #2CB781 #3B2CB7 #B72C63

square

#A8B72C #2CB781 #3B2CB7 #B72C63

split-complementary

#A8B72C #2C63B7 #812CB7

monochromatic

#4D5414 #7B8620 #A8B72C #C5D44C #D5E07E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#A8B72C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#A8B72C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B72C

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B72C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B72C	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)

#C4AD07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b72c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 183, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.156 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5cc70',
    500: '#a8b72c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b72c;
$custom-light: #c5cc70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b72c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.475,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7435,
    "c": 0.15559,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B72C

secondary

#7F76C8

accent

#43E455

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B72C

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

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