#A8B72D#A8B72D

#A8B72D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.155 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B72D
RGB	rgb(168, 183, 45)
HSL	hsl(67, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(67, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 75.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -22.19, 63.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 67.22, 109.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0675 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.155 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5565, 42.3818, 8.8949)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B72D #3C2DB7

analogous

#B7812D #A8B72D #63B72D

triadic

#A8B72D #2DA8B7 #B72DA8

tetradic

#A8B72D #2DB781 #3C2DB7 #B72D63

square

#A8B72D #2DB781 #3C2DB7 #B72D63

split-complementary

#A8B72D #2D63B7 #812DB7

monochromatic

#4E5515 #7B8621 #A8B72D #C5D34E #D5DF7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#A8B72D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#A8B72D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B72D

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B72D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B72D	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b72d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 183, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.155 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5cc71',
    500: '#a8b72d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b72d;
$custom-light: #c5cc71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b72d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.522,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74355,
    "c": 0.15505,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B72D

secondary

#8078C8

accent

#44E455

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B72D

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

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