#A8BD38#A8BD38

#A8BD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.155 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BD38
RGB	rgb(168, 189, 56)
HSL	hsl(69, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(69, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, -24.58, 61.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 66.06, 111.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0731 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.155 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0606, 45.0059, 10.5806)
Luminance	0.4501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BD38 #4D38BD

analogous

#BD9038 #A8BD38 #65BD38

triadic

#A8BD38 #38A8BD #BD38A8

tetradic

#A8BD38 #38BD90 #4D38BD #BD3865

square

#A8BD38 #38BD90 #4D38BD #BD3865

split-complementary

#A8BD38 #3865BD #9038BD

monochromatic

#545F1C #7E8E2A #A8BD38 #BFD062 #D2DE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#A8BD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#A8BD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BD38

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BD38	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)

#C9B321

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 189, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.155 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d077',
    500: '#a8bd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bd38;
$custom-light: #c5d077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.474,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75792,
    "c": 0.15527,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BD38

secondary

#9287C9

accent

#4ADE61

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BD38

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

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