#A8AB78#A8AB78

#A8AB78 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.069 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AB78
RGB	rgb(168, 171, 120)
HSL	hsl(64, 23%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(64, 30%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 29.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -9.41, 25.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 27.64, 109.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0247 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.069 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1016, 38.8072, 23.4597)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AB78 #7B78AB

analogous

#AB9578 #A8AB78 #8FAB78

triadic

#A8AB78 #78A8AB #AB78A8

tetradic

#A8AB78 #78AB95 #7B78AB #AB788F

square

#A8AB78 #78AB95 #7B78AB #AB788F

split-complementary

#A8AB78 #788FAB #9578AB

monochromatic

#666841 #8B8E58 #A8AB78 #C0C29E #D9DAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A8AB78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#A8AB78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AB78

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AB78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AB78	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A675

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A87A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ab78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 171, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.069 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c49f',
    500: '#a8ab78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ab78;
$custom-light: #c2c49f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ab78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.529,
    "s": 23.288,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72608,
    "c": 0.06947,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AB78

secondary

#B6B5CA

accent

#68C06D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AB78

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

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