#A8BA2B#A8BA2B

#A8BA2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.159 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BA2B
RGB	rgb(168, 186, 43)
HSL	hsl(68, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(68, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 0%, 76.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -23.75, 64.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 69.07, 110.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.0719 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.159 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1443, 43.6175, 8.9053)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BA2B #3D2BBA

analogous

#BA842B #A8BA2B #61BA2B

triadic

#A8BA2B #2BA8BA #BA2BA8

tetradic

#A8BA2B #2BBA84 #3D2BBA #BA2B61

square

#A8BA2B #2BBA84 #3D2BBA #BA2B61

split-complementary

#A8BA2B #2B61BA #842BBA

monochromatic

#4E5714 #7B8820 #A8BA2B #C4D64C #D5E17E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#A8BA2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#A8BA2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BA2B

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BA2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BA2B	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)

#C7B001

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AF9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ba2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 186, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.159 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ce70',
    500: '#a8ba2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ba2b;
$custom-light: #c6ce70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ba2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.552,
    "s": 62.445,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75026,
    "c": 0.1594,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BA2B

secondary

#8177CA

accent

#42E657

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BA2B

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

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