#A8B830#A8B830

#A8B830 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.154 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B830
RGB	rgb(168, 184, 48)
HSL	hsl(67, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(67, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 73.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -22.54, 62.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 66.66, 109.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.0682 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.154 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8233, 42.8197, 9.2790)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B830 #4030B8

analogous

#B88430 #A8B830 #64B830

triadic

#A8B830 #30A8B8 #B830A8

tetradic

#A8B830 #30B884 #4030B8 #B83064

square

#A8B830 #30B884 #4030B8 #B83064

split-complementary

#A8B830 #3064B8 #8430B8

monochromatic

#4F5717 #7C8723 #A8B830 #C3D253 #D4DF84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#A8B830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#A8B830 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B830

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B830	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)

#C5AE13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 184, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.154 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5cd72',
    500: '#a8b830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b830;
$custom-light: #c5cd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.059,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74601,
    "c": 0.15448,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B830

secondary

#857CC8

accent

#46E258

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B830

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

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