#A8BB38#A8BB38

#A8BB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.153 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BB38
RGB	rgb(168, 187, 56)
HSL	hsl(69, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(69, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.33, -23.60, 60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.33, 65.18, 111.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.0704 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.153 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6334, 44.1514, 10.4382)
Luminance	0.4415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BB38 #4B38BB

analogous

#BB8C38 #A8BB38 #67BB38

triadic

#A8BB38 #38A8BB #BB38A8

tetradic

#A8BB38 #38BB8C #4B38BB #BB3867

square

#A8BB38 #38BB8C #4B38BB #BB3867

split-complementary

#A8BB38 #3867BB #8C38BB

monochromatic

#535D1C #7E8C2A #A8BB38 #BFD061 #D2DE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#A8BB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#A8BB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BB38

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BB38	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 187, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.153 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5cf77',
    500: '#a8bb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bb38;
$custom-light: #c5cf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.702,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75337,
    "c": 0.15296,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BB38

secondary

#9086C8

accent

#4BDD60

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BB38

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

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