#A8B829#A8B829

#A8B829 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.158 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B829
RGB	rgb(168, 184, 41)
HSL	hsl(67, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(67, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 77.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -22.85, 64.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 68.85, 109.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0696 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.158 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6901, 42.7664, 8.5774)
Luminance	0.4277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B829 #3929B8

analogous

#B88129 #A8B829 #61B829

triadic

#A8B829 #29A8B8 #B829A8

tetradic

#A8B829 #29B881 #3929B8 #B82961

square

#A8B829 #29B881 #3929B8 #B82961

split-complementary

#A8B829 #2961B8 #8129B8

monochromatic

#4D5413 #7A861E #A8B829 #C6D648 #D6E17A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#A8B829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#A8B829 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B829

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B829	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)

#C4B036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 184, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.158 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cd6f',
    500: '#a8b829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b829;
$custom-light: #c6cd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.713,
    "s": 63.556,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7456,
    "c": 0.15822,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B829

secondary

#7D73C9

accent

#41E754

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B829

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

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