#A8AF7C#A8AF7C

#A8AF7C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.070 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AF7C
RGB	rgb(168, 175, 124)
HSL	hsl(68, 24%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(68, 29%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 29.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -10.97, 25.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 27.67, 113.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.029 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.07 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1164, 40.4403, 25.0207)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AF7C #837CAF

analogous

#AF9C7C #A8AF7C #8EAF7C

triadic

#A8AF7C #7CA8AF #AF7CA8

tetradic

#A8AF7C #7CAF9C #837CAF #AF7C8E

square

#A8AF7C #7CAF9C #837CAF #AF7C8E

split-complementary

#A8AF7C #7C8EAF #9C7CAF

monochromatic

#686E43 #8C945A #A8AF7C #C1C6A2 #DADDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A8AF7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#A8AF7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AF7C

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AF7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AF7C	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AA79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AB7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8af7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 175, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.070 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c6a2',
    500: '#a8af7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8af7c;
$custom-light: #c2c6a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8af7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.235,
    "s": 24.171,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73561,
    "c": 0.06994,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AF7C

secondary

#BCB9CD

accent

#67C173

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F3

border

#D1D1CD

text

#12130F

muted

#81827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AF7C

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

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