#A8B61D

A medium, vivid yellow closely aligning with Yellowgreen.

About #A8B61D

Visually, #A8B61D is defined as a vivid yellow. Designers often compare it to the standard color Yellowgreen. This translates to an RGB value of rgb(168, 182, 29).

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. The color uses 8% Cyan, 0% Magenta, 84% Yellow, and 29% Black. With a hue angle of 65.5 degrees, it sits comfortably in the yellow spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#A8B61D
RGB168, 182, 29
HSL65.5°, 72.5%, 41.4%
CMYK8%, 0%, 84%, 29%
HSV65.5°, 84.1%, 71.4%
LAB70.8, -22.3, 67.6
XYZ33.1, 41.9, 7.5
Decimal11056669

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.24:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
9.37:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.14:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
7.97:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A8B61D; }
.text-color { color: #A8B61D; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #A8B61D; }

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