#A8BD2E#A8BD2E
#A8BD2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.161 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A8BD2E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(168, 189, 46) |
| HSL | hsl(69, 61%, 46%) |
| HSV | hsv(69, 76%, 74%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 75.7%, 25.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.84, -25.09, 64.72) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.84, 69.41, 111.19°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.73% -0.0754 0.1425) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.73% 0.161 117.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(34.8400, 44.9176, 9.4188) |
| Luminance | 0.4492 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 1.38
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 2.11
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 2.14
Bright Olive
#9CBB04
ΔE00 2.50
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 2.55
Snot Green
#9DC100
ΔE00 3.09
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A8BD2E #432EBD
analogous
#BD8A2E #A8BD2E #60BD2E
triadic
#A8BD2E #2EA8BD #BD2EA8
tetradic
#A8BD2E #2EBD8A #432EBD #BD2E60
square
#A8BD2E #2EBD8A #432EBD #BD2E60
split-complementary
#A8BD2E #2E60BD #8A2EBD
monochromatic
#505B16 #7C8C22 #A8BD2E #C2D553 #D3E184
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.10
#A8BD2E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.98
#A8BD2E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A8BD2E
9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A8BD2E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A8BD2E | 1.00 | 2.10 | 9.98 | 9.98 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.10 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.98 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.98 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#CAB209
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B33B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B2B2A2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a8bd2e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 189, 46); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.161 117.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c5d072',
500: '#a8bd2e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a8bd2e; $custom-light: #c5d072; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a8bd2e",
"rgb": {
"r": 168,
"g": 189,
"b": 46
},
"hsl": {
"h": 68.811,
"s": 60.851,
"l": 46.078
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75727,
"c": 0.16116,
"h": 117.9
},
"luminance": 0.44917
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A8BD2E
secondary
#887CCA
accent
#44E45B
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F8F9ED
border
#D1D2C8
text
#131409
muted
#82827B