#A8B72E#A8B72E

#A8B72E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.154 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B72E
RGB	rgb(168, 183, 46)
HSL	hsl(67, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(67, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 74.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -22.14, 63.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 66.90, 109.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0673 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.155 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5760, 42.3896, 8.9975)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B72E #3D2EB7

analogous

#B7812E #A8B72E #64B72E

triadic

#A8B72E #2EA8B7 #B72EA8

tetradic

#A8B72E #2EB781 #3D2EB7 #B72E64

square

#A8B72E #2EB781 #3D2EB7 #B72E64

split-complementary

#A8B72E #2E64B7 #812EB7

monochromatic

#4E5515 #7B8622 #A8B72E #C4D34F #D5DF80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#A8B72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#A8B72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B72E

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B72E	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)

#C4AD0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 183, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.154 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5cc71',
    500: '#a8b72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b72e;
$custom-light: #c5cc71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.569,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74361,
    "c": 0.1545,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B72E

secondary

#8179C8

accent

#45E356

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B72E

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

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