Information about #A8B70A color

#A8B70A color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#A8B70A falls into the Yellow Color FamilyFull Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(168, 183, 10) — 65.9% red, 71.8% green, 3.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 6 / 0 / 68 / 28. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #A8B70A reads as a pure, full-strength golden yellow and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Snot (#ACBB0D). Slightly further away sit Citrus (#9FB70A) and Bright Olive (#9CBB04).

The recipe behind #A8B70A is rgb(168, 183, 10), with green as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 9.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.2:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #A8B70A is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#A8B70A color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#A8B70A color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #A8B70A

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Snot color link
Snot

#ACBB0D

Citrus color link
Citrus

#9FB70A

Bright Olive color link
Bright Olive

#9CBB04

Limerick color link
Limerick

#9DC209

Gross Green color link
Gross Green

#A0BF16

Puke Green color link
Puke Green

#9AAE07

Snot Green color link
Snot Green

#9DC100

Strong Olive color link
Strong Olive

#A8A800

Bile color link
Bile

#B5C306

Booger Green color link
Booger Green

#96B403

Acid Green color link
Acid Green

#B0BF1A

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#A8B70A
  • RGB168, 183, 10
  • CMYK6, 0, 68, 28
  • CSSrgb(168, 183, 10)
  • HSL65°, 90%, 38%
  • HSL Precise65.202°, 89.637%, 37.843%
  • HSV65°, 95%, 72%
  • HSB65°, 95%, 72%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.659
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.718
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.039
  • GLSLvec3(0.659, 0.718, 0.039)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.659, 0.718, 0.039, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.659, 0.718, 0.039)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB65.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB71.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB3.9%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDA8B70A
  • DECIMAL ID11056906
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01