#A8AE6E#A8AE6E

#A8AE6E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.086 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AE6E
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 110)
HSL	hsl(66, 28%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(66, 37%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 36.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -12.27, 32.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 34.43, 110.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0334 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.086 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0992, 39.7232, 20.6198)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AE6E #746EAE

analogous

#AE946E #A8AE6E #88AE6E

triadic

#A8AE6E #6EA8AE #AE6EA8

tetradic

#A8AE6E #6EAE94 #746EAE #AE6E88

square

#A8AE6E #6EAE94 #746EAE #AE6E88

split-complementary

#A8AE6E #6E88AE #946EAE

monochromatic

#63683A #898F50 #A8AE6E #C0C495 #D7DABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A8AE6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#A8AE6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AE6E

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AE6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AE6E	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A869

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AA71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ae6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.086 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c698',
    500: '#a8ae6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ae6e;
$custom-light: #c3c698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ae6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.625,
    "s": 28.319,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73079,
    "c": 0.08581,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AE6E

secondary

#B1AFC9

accent

#63C56C

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#12130E

muted

#81827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AE6E

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

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