#A8BD37#A8BD37

#A8BD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.156 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BD37
RGB	rgb(168, 189, 55)
HSL	hsl(69, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(69, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.89, -24.64, 61.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.89, 66.42, 111.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0734 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.156 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0364, 44.9962, 10.4531)
Luminance	0.4500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BD37 #4C37BD

analogous

#BD8F37 #A8BD37 #65BD37

triadic

#A8BD37 #37A8BD #BD37A8

tetradic

#A8BD37 #37BD8F #4C37BD #BD3765

square

#A8BD37 #37BD8F #4C37BD #BD3765

split-complementary

#A8BD37 #3765BD #8F37BD

monochromatic

#545E1B #7E8E29 #A8BD37 #BFD160 #D2DF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#A8BD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#A8BD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BD37

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BD37	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)

#CAB320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 189, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.156 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d077',
    500: '#a8bd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bd37;
$custom-light: #c5d077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.403,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75785,
    "c": 0.15591,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BD37

secondary

#9186C9

accent

#4ADE61

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BD37

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

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