#A8B827#A8B827

#A8B827 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.159 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B827
RGB	rgb(168, 184, 39)
HSL	hsl(67, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(67, 79%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 78.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -22.93, 65.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 69.43, 109.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.07 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.159 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6561, 42.7528, 8.3982)
Luminance	0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B827 #3727B8

analogous

#B87F27 #A8B827 #5FB827

triadic

#A8B827 #27A8B8 #B827A8

tetradic

#A8B827 #27B87F #3727B8 #B8275F

square

#A8B827 #27B87F #3727B8 #B8275F

split-complementary

#A8B827 #275FB8 #7F27B8

monochromatic

#4C5312 #7A861C #A8B827 #C7D845 #D6E277

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#A8B827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#A8B827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B827

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B827	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AD9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 184, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.159 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cd6e',
    500: '#a8b827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b827;
$custom-light: #c6cd6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.621,
    "s": 65.022,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7455,
    "c": 0.15919,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B827

secondary

#7B71CA

accent

#40E852

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B827

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

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