#A8BD36#A8BD36

#A8BD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.157 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BD36
RGB	rgb(168, 189, 54)
HSL	hsl(69, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(69, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, -24.69, 62.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 66.77, 111.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0736 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.157 118)
XYZ	xyz(35.0127, 44.9867, 10.3281)
Luminance	0.4499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BD36 #4B36BD

analogous

#BD8E36 #A8BD36 #65BD36

triadic

#A8BD36 #36A8BD #BD36A8

tetradic

#A8BD36 #36BD8E #4B36BD #BD3665

square

#A8BD36 #36BD8E #4B36BD #BD3665

split-complementary

#A8BD36 #3665BD #8E36BD

monochromatic

#535E1B #7E8D28 #A8BD36 #BFD15F #D2DF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#A8BD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#A8BD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BD36

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BD36	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB31E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 189, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.157 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d076',
    500: '#a8bd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bd36;
$custom-light: #c5d076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75778,
    "c": 0.15654,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.44986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BD36

secondary

#9085C9

accent

#49DF60

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BD36

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

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