#a8bf12

Color #a8bf12

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 12.66 Nearest Tailwind class lime-500 #7ccf00 · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a8bf12

RGB

rgb(168, 191, 18)

HSL

hsl(68, 82.8%, 41%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68, 90.6%, 74.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(12%, 0%, 90.6%, 25.1%)

LAB

lab(73.31, -26.93, 71.84)

LCH

lch(73.31, 76.72, 110.55)

OKLCH

oklch(76.1%, 0.174, 118.18)

HWB

hwb(68, 7.1%, 25.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2912bf

Analogous

#bf8012

#a8bf12

#51bf12

Triadic

#a8bf12

#12a8bf

#bf12a8

Split-complementary

#a8bf12

#1251bf

#8012bf

Tetradic

#a8bf12

#12bf29

#2912bf

#bf12a8

Square

#a8bf12

#12bf80

#2912bf

#bf1251

Shades

Color #a8bf12 mixed toward black.

#8c9f0f

#707f0c

#546009

#384006

#1c2003

Tints

Color #a8bf12 mixed toward white.

#cee91a

#d8ee48

#e1f275

#ebf6a3

#f5fbd1

Tones

Color #a8bf12 mixed toward gray.

#9db120

#93a22f

#88943d

#7e854c

#73775a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b365 · ΔE 10

Deuteranopia

#b1af70 · ΔE 12.8

Tritanopia

#a98489 · ΔE 43.6

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 28.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a8bf12;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8bf12]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#a8bf12 (#a8bf12) is rgb(168, 191, 18) in RGB.

No, #a8bf12 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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