#A8BE36#A8BE36

#A8BE36 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	#A8BE36
RGB	rgb(168, 190, 54)
HSL	hsl(70, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(70, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 0%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, -25.18, 62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 67.21, 112.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.075 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.158 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2285, 45.4184, 10.4001)
Luminance	0.4542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BE36 #4C36BE

analogous

#BE9036 #A8BE36 #64BE36

triadic

#A8BE36 #36A8BE #BE36A8

tetradic

#A8BE36 #36BE90 #4C36BE #BE3664

square

#A8BE36 #36BE90 #4C36BE #BE3664

split-complementary

#A8BE36 #3664BE #9036BE

monochromatic

#545F1B #7E8E28 #A8BE36 #BFD260 #D2DF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#A8BE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#A8BE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BE36

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BE36	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)

#CBB31D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8be36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 190, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.158 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d176',
    500: '#a8be36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8be36;
$custom-light: #c5d176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8be36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.706,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76006,
    "c": 0.15769,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BE36

secondary

#9186CA

accent

#49DF61

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BE36

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

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