#A8BD21#A8BD21

#A8BD21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.167 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BD21
RGB	rgb(168, 189, 33)
HSL	hsl(68, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(68, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -25.59, 68.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 73.01, 110.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0777 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.167 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6215, 44.8302, 8.2678)
Luminance	0.4483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BD21 #3621BD

analogous

#BD8421 #A8BD21 #5ABD21

triadic

#A8BD21 #21A8BD #BD21A8

tetradic

#A8BD21 #21BD84 #3621BD #BD215A

square

#A8BD21 #21BD84 #3621BD #BD215A

split-complementary

#A8BD21 #215ABD #8421BD

monochromatic

#4B550F #7A8918 #A8BD21 #C8DD3E #D7E672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#A8BD21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#A8BD21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BD21

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BD21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BD21	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bd21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 189, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.167 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d06d',
    500: '#a8bd21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bd21;
$custom-light: #c6d06d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bd21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.077,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75662,
    "c": 0.16721,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BD21

secondary

#7A6DCD

accent

#3BED53

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131408

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BD21

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

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