#A8BE38#A8BE38

#A8BE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.156 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BE38
RGB	rgb(168, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(70, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(70, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 0%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.18, -25.07, 61.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.18, 66.51, 112.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.0745 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.156 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2764, 45.4376, 10.6526)
Luminance	0.4544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BE38 #4E38BE

analogous

#BE9138 #A8BE38 #65BE38

triadic

#A8BE38 #38A8BE #BE38A8

tetradic

#A8BE38 #38BE91 #4E38BE #BE3865

square

#A8BE38 #38BE91 #4E38BE #BE3865

split-complementary

#A8BE38 #3865BE #9138BE

monochromatic

#545F1C #7E8F2A #A8BE38 #BFD162 #D2DF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#A8BE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#A8BE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BE38

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BE38	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8be38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.156 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d177',
    500: '#a8be38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8be38;
$custom-light: #c5d177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8be38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.851,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7602,
    "c": 0.15643,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BE38

secondary

#9388CA

accent

#4ADE62

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BE38

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

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