#A8AE96#A8AE96

#A8AE96 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.034 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AE96
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 150)
HSL	hsl(75, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(75, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 13.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -6.45, 11.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 13.29, 119.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.0164 0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.034 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7888, 40.7990, 34.7851)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AE96 #9C96AE

analogous

#AEA896 #A8AE96 #9CAE96

triadic

#A8AE96 #96A8AE #AE96A8

tetradic

#A8AE96 #96AEA8 #9C96AE #AE969C

square

#A8AE96 #96AEA8 #9C96AE #AE969C

split-complementary

#A8AE96 #969CAE #A896AE

monochromatic

#6B7258 #8B9373 #A8AE96 #C5C9B9 #E1E3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A8AE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#A8AE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AE96

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AE96	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AB95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AB97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABABA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ae96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.034 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c6b4',
    500: '#a8ae96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ae96;
$custom-light: #c2c6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ae96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 12.903,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73935,
    "c": 0.03424,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AE96

secondary

#CECCD4

accent

#4E9761

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121311

muted

#818280

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AE96

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

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