#A8AB7B#A8AB7B

#A8AB7B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.066 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AB7B
RGB	rgb(168, 171, 123)
HSL	hsl(64, 22%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(64, 28%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 28.1%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -9.01, 24.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 26.04, 110.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0234 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.066 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2865, 38.8811, 24.4336)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AB7B #7E7BAB

analogous

#AB967B #A8AB7B #90AB7B

triadic

#A8AB7B #7BA8AB #AB7BA8

tetradic

#A8AB7B #7BAB96 #7E7BAB #AB7B90

square

#A8AB7B #7BAB96 #7E7BAB #AB7B90

split-complementary

#A8AB7B #7B90AB #967BAB

monochromatic

#666943 #8B8E5B #A8AB7B #C1C3A0 #D9DBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A8AB7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#A8AB7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AB7B

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AB7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AB7B	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A778

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A87D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ab7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 171, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.066 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c4a1',
    500: '#a8ab7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ab7b;
$custom-light: #c2c4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ab7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72668,
    "c": 0.06566,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AB7B

secondary

#B8B7CB

accent

#69BF6E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#12120F

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AB7B

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

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