#A8B073#A8B073

#A8B073 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.083 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B073
RGB	rgb(168, 176, 115)
HSL	hsl(68, 28%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 35%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 34.7%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -12.69, 30.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 32.90, 112.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0343 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.083 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7684, 40.6137, 22.2239)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B073 #7B73B0

analogous

#B09A73 #A8B073 #8AB073

triadic

#A8B073 #73A8B0 #B073A8

tetradic

#A8B073 #73B09A #7B73B0 #B0738A

square

#A8B073 #73B09A #7B73B0 #B0738A

split-complementary

#A8B073 #738AB0 #9A73B0

monochromatic

#666C3D #8B9353 #A8B073 #C0C69A #D9DCC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A8B073 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#A8B073 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B073

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B073	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B073	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AA6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AB76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b073;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 176, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.083 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c79c',
    500: '#a8b073',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b073;
$custom-light: #c2c79c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b073",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.869,
    "s": 27.854,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73608,
    "c": 0.0825,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B073

secondary

#B6B3CC

accent

#64C470

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#12130E

muted

#81827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B073

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

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