#A8B833#A8B833

#A8B833 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.153 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B833
RGB	rgb(168, 184, 51)
HSL	hsl(67, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(67, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 72.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, -22.40, 61.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 65.65, 109.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.0675 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.153 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8873, 42.8453, 9.6161)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B833 #4333B8

analogous

#B88533 #A8B833 #65B833

triadic

#A8B833 #33A8B8 #B833A8

tetradic

#A8B833 #33B885 #4333B8 #B83365

square

#A8B833 #33B885 #4333B8 #B83365

split-complementary

#A8B833 #3365B8 #8533B8

monochromatic

#505818 #7C8826 #A8B833 #C2D158 #D3DE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#A8B833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#A8B833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B833

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B833	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	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)

#C5AE1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 184, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.153 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5cd74',
    500: '#a8b833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b833;
$custom-light: #c5cd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.218,
    "s": 56.596,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7462,
    "c": 0.1527,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B833

secondary

#887FC8

accent

#48E05A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B833

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

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