#A8B731#A8B731

#A8B731 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.153 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B731
RGB	rgb(168, 183, 49)
HSL	hsl(67, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(67, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 73.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -22.00, 62.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 65.91, 109.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.0666 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.153 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6372, 42.4141, 9.3199)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B731 #4031B7

analogous

#B78331 #A8B731 #65B731

triadic

#A8B731 #31A8B7 #B731A8

tetradic

#A8B731 #31B783 #4031B7 #B73165

square

#A8B731 #31B783 #4031B7 #B73165

split-complementary

#A8B731 #3165B7 #8331B7

monochromatic

#4F5617 #7C8724 #A8B731 #C3D154 #D4DE84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#A8B731 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#A8B731 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B731

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B731	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B731	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	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)

#C4AD16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b731;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 183, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.153 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5cc73',
    500: '#a8b731',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b731;
$custom-light: #c5cc73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b731",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.716,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7438,
    "c": 0.15278,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B731

secondary

#857CC8

accent

#47E158

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B731

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

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