#A8BE2A#A8BE2A

#A8BE2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.164 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BE2A
RGB	rgb(168, 190, 42)
HSL	hsl(69, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(69, 78%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 0%, 77.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -25.74, 66.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 71.03, 111.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0775 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.164 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9807, 45.3192, 9.0947)
Luminance	0.4532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BE2A #402ABE

analogous

#BE8A2A #A8BE2A #5EBE2A

triadic

#A8BE2A #2AA8BE #BE2AA8

tetradic

#A8BE2A #2ABE8A #402ABE #BE2A5E

square

#A8BE2A #2ABE8A #402ABE #BE2A5E

split-complementary

#A8BE2A #2A5EBE #8A2ABE

monochromatic

#4F5A14 #7C8C1F #A8BE2A #C3D84D #D4E380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#A8BE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#A8BE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BE2A

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BE2A	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8be2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 190, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.164 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d170',
    500: '#a8be2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8be2a;
$custom-light: #c6d170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8be2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.919,
    "s": 63.793,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75933,
    "c": 0.16434,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BE2A

secondary

#8578CB

accent

#41E75A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131408

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BE2A

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

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