#A8BD31#A8BD31

#A8BD31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.160 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BD31
RGB	rgb(168, 189, 49)
HSL	hsl(69, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(69, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.85, -24.95, 63.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.85, 68.45, 111.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0747 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.16 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9012, 44.9421, 9.7412)
Luminance	0.4494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BD31 #4631BD

analogous

#BD8C31 #A8BD31 #62BD31

triadic

#A8BD31 #31A8BD #BD31A8

tetradic

#A8BD31 #31BD8C #4631BD #BD3162

square

#A8BD31 #31BD8C #4631BD #BD3162

split-complementary

#A8BD31 #3162BD #8C31BD

monochromatic

#525C18 #7D8C24 #A8BD31 #C1D458 #D3E088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#A8BD31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#A8BD31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BD31

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BD31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BD31	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB313

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bd31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 189, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.160 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d074',
    500: '#a8bd31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bd31;
$custom-light: #c5d074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bd31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75745,
    "c": 0.15952,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BD31

secondary

#8B80CA

accent

#46E25D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BD31

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

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