#A8BC38#A8BC38

#A8BC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.154 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BC38
RGB	rgb(168, 188, 56)
HSL	hsl(69, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(69, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -24.09, 61.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 65.62, 111.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0718 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.154 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8462, 44.5771, 10.5092)
Luminance	0.4458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BC38 #4C38BC

analogous

#BC8E38 #A8BC38 #66BC38

triadic

#A8BC38 #38A8BC #BC38A8

tetradic

#A8BC38 #38BC8E #4C38BC #BC3866

square

#A8BC38 #38BC8E #4C38BC #BC3866

split-complementary

#A8BC38 #3866BC #8E38BC

monochromatic

#545E1C #7E8D2A #A8BC38 #BFD061 #D2DE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#A8BC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#A8BC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BC38

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BC38	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 188, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.154 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d077',
    500: '#a8bc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bc38;
$custom-light: #c5d077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.091,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75565,
    "c": 0.15411,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BC38

secondary

#9187C9

accent

#4ADD61

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BC38

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

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