#A8B73B#A8B73B

#A8B73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.146 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B73B
RGB	rgb(168, 183, 59)
HSL	hsl(67, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(67, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 67.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -21.46, 58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 62.31, 110.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0642 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.146 116)
XYZ	xyz(33.8722, 42.5081, 10.5573)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B73B #4A3BB7

analogous

#B7883B #A8B73B #6AB73B

triadic

#A8B73B #3BA8B7 #B73BA8

tetradic

#A8B73B #3BB788 #4A3BB7 #B73B6A

square

#A8B73B #3BB788 #4A3BB7 #B73B6A

split-complementary

#A8B73B #3B6AB7 #883BB7

monochromatic

#535A1D #7E892C #A8B73B #C0CD63 #D2DC91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#A8B73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#A8B73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B73B

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B73B	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2AD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 183, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.146 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5cc78',
    500: '#a8b73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b73b;
$custom-light: #c5cc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.258,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74452,
    "c": 0.14634,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.42508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B73B

secondary

#8F87C6

accent

#4DDB5E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B73B

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

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