#A8BA36#A8BA36

#A8BA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.153 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BA36
RGB	rgb(168, 186, 54)
HSL	hsl(68, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(68, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 0%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -23.22, 61.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 65.46, 110.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.0695 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.153 117)
XYZ	xyz(34.3740, 43.7094, 10.1153)
Luminance	0.4371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BA36 #4836BA

analogous

#BA8A36 #A8BA36 #66BA36

triadic

#A8BA36 #36A8BA #BA36A8

tetradic

#A8BA36 #36BA8A #4836BA #BA3666

square

#A8BA36 #36BA8A #4836BA #BA3666

split-complementary

#A8BA36 #3666BA #8A36BA

monochromatic

#525B1A #7D8B28 #A8BA36 #C0D05D #D3DE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#A8BA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#A8BA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BA36

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BA36	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B01F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ba36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 186, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.153 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ce76',
    500: '#a8ba36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ba36;
$custom-light: #c5ce76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ba36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.182,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75095,
    "c": 0.1531,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.43709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BA36

secondary

#8D84C8

accent

#49DE5E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BA36

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

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