#A8BE31#A8BE31

#A8BE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.161 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BE31
RGB	rgb(168, 190, 49)
HSL	hsl(69, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(69, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 0%, 74.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.14, -25.43, 64.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.14, 68.88, 111.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.0761 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.161 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1171, 45.3738, 9.8132)
Luminance	0.4537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BE31 #4731BE

analogous

#BE8E31 #A8BE31 #61BE31

triadic

#A8BE31 #31A8BE #BE31A8

tetradic

#A8BE31 #31BE8E #4731BE #BE3161

square

#A8BE31 #31BE8E #4731BE #BE3161

split-complementary

#A8BE31 #3161BE #8E31BE

monochromatic

#525D18 #7D8D24 #A8BE31 #C1D458 #D3E189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#A8BE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#A8BE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BE31

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BE31	1.00	2.08	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB312

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8be31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 190, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.161 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d174',
    500: '#a8be31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8be31;
$custom-light: #c5d174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8be31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.362,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75973,
    "c": 0.16064,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BE31

secondary

#8C80CA

accent

#46E25E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BE31

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

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