#A8AB5C#A8AB5C

#A8AB5C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.102 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AB5C
RGB	rgb(168, 171, 92)
HSL	hsl(62, 32%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 46%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 46.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -12.72, 40.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 42.06, 107.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0361 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.102 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6437, 38.2240, 15.7815)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AB5C #5F5CAB

analogous

#AB875C #A8AB5C #81AB5C

triadic

#A8AB5C #5CA8AB #AB5CA8

tetradic

#A8AB5C #5CAB87 #5F5CAB #AB5C81

square

#A8AB5C #5CAB87 #5F5CAB #AB5C81

split-complementary

#A8AB5C #5C81AB #875CAB

monochromatic

#5B5D30 #838545 #A8AB5C #BEC084 #D3D5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A8AB5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#A8AB5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AB5C

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AB5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AB5C	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ab5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 171, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.102 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c38c',
    500: '#a8ab5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ab5c;
$custom-light: #c3c38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ab5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.278,
    "s": 31.984,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7213,
    "c": 0.10248,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AB5C

secondary

#A1A0C3

accent

#60C864

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AB5C

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

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