#A8B951#A8B951

#A8B951 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.131 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B951
RGB	rgb(168, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(70, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(70, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 56.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -20.86, 49.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 54.06, 112.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.0603 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.131 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9831, 43.6172, 14.3590)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B951 #6251B9

analogous

#B99651 #A8B951 #74B951

triadic

#A8B951 #51A8B9 #B951A8

tetradic

#A8B951 #51B996 #6251B9 #B95174

square

#A8B951 #51B996 #6251B9 #B95174

split-complementary

#A8B951 #5174B9 #9651B9

monochromatic

#5C6629 #84923B #A8B951 #BECB7D #D4DCA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#A8B951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#A8B951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B951

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B951	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.131 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ce85',
    500: '#a8b951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b951;
$custom-light: #c4ce85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.808,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75116,
    "c": 0.1309,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B951

secondary

#A49CCA

accent

#55D26A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9EF

border

#D1D2CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B951

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

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