#A8B831#A8B831

#A8B831 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 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B831
RGB	rgb(168, 184, 49)
HSL	hsl(67, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(67, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 73.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -22.50, 62.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 66.33, 109.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.068 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.154 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8442, 42.8280, 9.3889)
Luminance	0.4283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B831 #4131B8

analogous

#B88431 #A8B831 #64B831

triadic

#A8B831 #31A8B8 #B831A8

tetradic

#A8B831 #31B884 #4131B8 #B83164

square

#A8B831 #31B884 #4131B8 #B83164

split-complementary

#A8B831 #3164B8 #8431B8

monochromatic

#505717 #7C8824 #A8B831 #C3D255 #D4DE85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#A8B831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#A8B831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B831

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B831	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 184, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.154 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5cd73',
    500: '#a8b831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b831;
$custom-light: #c5cd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.111,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74607,
    "c": 0.15389,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B831

secondary

#867DC8

accent

#47E159

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B831

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

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