#A8BA38#A8BA38

#A8BA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.152 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BA38
RGB	rgb(168, 186, 56)
HSL	hsl(68, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(68, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 0%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, -23.11, 60.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 64.74, 110.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.069 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.152 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4220, 43.7286, 10.3677)
Luminance	0.4373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BA38 #4A38BA

analogous

#BA8B38 #A8BA38 #67BA38

triadic

#A8BA38 #38A8BA #BA38A8

tetradic

#A8BA38 #38BA8B #4A38BA #BA3867

square

#A8BA38 #38BA8B #4A38BA #BA3867

split-complementary

#A8BA38 #3867BA #8B38BA

monochromatic

#535C1C #7E8B2A #A8BA38 #C0CF60 #D2DD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#A8BA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#A8BA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BA38

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BA38	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ba38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 186, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.152 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ce77',
    500: '#a8ba38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ba38;
$custom-light: #c5ce77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ba38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.308,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7511,
    "c": 0.15181,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BA38

secondary

#8F86C8

accent

#4BDD5F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BA38

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

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