#A8BB40#A8BB40

#A8BB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.147 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BB40
RGB	rgb(168, 187, 64)
HSL	hsl(69, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(69, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -23.12, 57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 62.17, 111.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.0683 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.147 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8449, 44.2360, 11.5523)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BB40 #5340BB

analogous

#BB9140 #A8BB40 #6BBB40

triadic

#A8BB40 #40A8BB #BB40A8

tetradic

#A8BB40 #40BB91 #5340BB #BB406B

square

#A8BB40 #40BB91 #5340BB #BB406B

split-complementary

#A8BB40 #406BBB #9140BB

monochromatic

#566021 #7F8D30 #A8BB40 #BECD6C #D2DC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#A8BB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#A8BB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BB40

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BB40	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B12F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 187, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.147 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5cf7b',
    500: '#a8bb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bb40;
$custom-light: #c5cf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.268,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.754,
    "c": 0.1474,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BB40

secondary

#988FC8

accent

#4FD964

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BB40

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

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