#A8B09C#A8B09C

#A8B09C is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.029 H 124.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B09C
RGB	rgb(168, 176, 156)
HSL	hsl(84, 11%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(84, 11%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 11.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -6.49, 9.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 11.33, 124.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0168 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.029 124.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6736, 41.7757, 37.5248)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B09C #A49CB0

analogous

#B0AE9C #A8B09C #9EB09C

triadic

#A8B09C #9CA8B0 #B09CA8

tetradic

#A8B09C #9CB0AE #A49CB0 #B09C9E

square

#A8B09C #9CB0AE #A49CB0 #B09C9E

split-complementary

#A8B09C #9C9EB0 #AE9CB0

monochromatic

#6B755D #8A957A #A8B09C #C6CBBE #E4E6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#A8B09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#A8B09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B09C

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B09C	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AD9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AD9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9AEAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 176, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.029 124.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c7b9',
    500: '#a8b09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b09c;
$custom-light: #c1c7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84,
    "s": 11.236,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74519,
    "c": 0.02944,
    "h": 124.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B09C

secondary

#D3D1D7

accent

#50956C

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121311

muted

#818280

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B09C

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

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