#A8AE75#A8AE75

#A8AE75 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.077 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AE75
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 117)
HSL	hsl(66, 26%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(66, 33%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 32.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -11.39, 28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 30.80, 111.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.0305 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.077 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4955, 39.8817, 22.7069)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AE75 #7B75AE

analogous

#AE9875 #A8AE75 #8CAE75

triadic

#A8AE75 #75A8AE #AE75A8

tetradic

#A8AE75 #75AE98 #7B75AE #AE758C

square

#A8AE75 #75AE98 #7B75AE #AE758C

split-complementary

#A8AE75 #758CAE #9875AE

monochromatic

#666A3E #8B9155 #A8AE75 #C0C59C #D9DBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A8AE75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#A8AE75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AE75

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AE75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AE75	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A971

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AA77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ae75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.077 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c69d',
    500: '#a8ae75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ae75;
$custom-light: #c2c69d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ae75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.316,
    "s": 26.027,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73206,
    "c": 0.0773,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AE75

secondary

#B6B4CB

accent

#65C26F

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#12130E

muted

#81827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AE75

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

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