#A8B82B#A8B82B

#A8B82B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.157 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B82B
RGB	rgb(168, 184, 43)
HSL	hsl(67, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(67, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 76.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -22.77, 64.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 68.25, 109.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% -0.0692 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.157 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7259, 42.7807, 8.7659)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B82B #3B2BB8

analogous

#B8822B #A8B82B #61B82B

triadic

#A8B82B #2BA8B8 #B82BA8

tetradic

#A8B82B #2BB882 #3B2BB8 #B82B61

square

#A8B82B #2BB882 #3B2BB8 #B82B61

split-complementary

#A8B82B #2B61B8 #822BB8

monochromatic

#4D5514 #7B861F #A8B82B #C5D54B #D5E17D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#A8B82B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#A8B82B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B82B

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B82B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B82B	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b82b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 184, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.157 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5cd70',
    500: '#a8b82b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b82b;
$custom-light: #c5cd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b82b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.809,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74571,
    "c": 0.15721,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B82B

secondary

#7F76C9

accent

#43E555

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B82B

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

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