#A8BE35#A8BE35

#A8BE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.158 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BE35
RGB	rgb(168, 190, 53)
HSL	hsl(70, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(70, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 0%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, -25.23, 62.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 67.55, 111.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76% -0.0752 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.158 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2053, 45.4091, 10.2777)
Luminance	0.4541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BE35 #4B35BE

analogous

#BE8F35 #A8BE35 #63BE35

triadic

#A8BE35 #35A8BE #BE35A8

tetradic

#A8BE35 #35BE8F #4B35BE #BE3563

square

#A8BE35 #35BE8F #4B35BE #BE3563

split-complementary

#A8BE35 #3563BE #8F35BE

monochromatic

#535E1A #7E8E28 #A8BE35 #BFD25E #D2DF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#A8BE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#A8BE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BE35

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BE35	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB31B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8be35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 190, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.158 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d176',
    500: '#a8be35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8be35;
$custom-light: #c5d176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8be35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.635,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75999,
    "c": 0.1583,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BE35

secondary

#9085CA

accent

#48E060

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BE35

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

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