#A8BA2A#A8BA2A

#A8BA2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.160 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BA2A
RGB	rgb(168, 186, 42)
HSL	hsl(68, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(68, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 0%, 77.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -23.79, 65.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 69.37, 110.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0721 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.16 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1262, 43.6103, 8.8099)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BA2A #3C2ABA

analogous

#BA842A #A8BA2A #60BA2A

triadic

#A8BA2A #2AA8BA #BA2AA8

tetradic

#A8BA2A #2ABA84 #3C2ABA #BA2A60

square

#A8BA2A #2ABA84 #3C2ABA #BA2A60

split-complementary

#A8BA2A #2A60BA #842ABA

monochromatic

#4E5613 #7B881F #A8BA2A #C5D64B #D5E27D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#A8BA2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#A8BA2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BA2A

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BA2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BA2A	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)

#C7B000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AF9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ba2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 186, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.160 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ce70',
    500: '#a8ba2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ba2a;
$custom-light: #c6ce70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ba2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75021,
    "c": 0.15991,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BA2A

secondary

#8076CA

accent

#42E656

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BA2A

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

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