#A8C221#A8C221

#A8C221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.173 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8C221
RGB	rgb(168, 194, 33)
HSL	hsl(70, 71%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(70, 83%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 83%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -27.99, 69.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 75.02, 111.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0843 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.173 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7156, 47.0184, 8.6325)
Luminance	0.4702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8C221 #3B21C2

analogous

#C28B21 #A8C221 #58C221

triadic

#A8C221 #21A8C2 #C221A8

tetradic

#A8C221 #21C28B #3B21C2 #C22158

square

#A8C221 #21C28B #3B21C2 #C22158

split-complementary

#A8C221 #2158C2 #8B21C2

monochromatic

#4D590F #7B8E18 #A8C221 #C5DF41 #D5E876

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#A8C221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#A8C221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8C221

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8C221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8C221	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8c221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 194, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.173 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d46d',
    500: '#a8c221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8c221;
$custom-light: #c6d46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8c221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.689,
    "s": 70.925,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76807,
    "c": 0.17265,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8C221

secondary

#7F70CF

accent

#3AEE57

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131408

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8C221

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

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