#A8B160#A8B160

#A8B160 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.106 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B160
RGB	rgb(168, 177, 96)
HSL	hsl(67, 34%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(67, 46%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 45.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -15.40, 40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 43.03, 110.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0434 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.106 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9823, 40.6141, 17.1132)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B160 #6960B1

analogous

#B19160 #A8B160 #7FB160

triadic

#A8B160 #60A8B1 #B160A8

tetradic

#A8B160 #60B191 #6960B1 #B1607F

square

#A8B160 #60B191 #6960B1 #B1607F

split-complementary

#A8B160 #607FB1 #9160B1

monochromatic

#5F6532 #868E46 #A8B160 #BEC589 #D5D9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A8B160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#A8B160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B160

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B160	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)

#BBAA59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 177, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.106 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c88f',
    500: '#a8b160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b160;
$custom-light: #c3c88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 34.177,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73518,
    "c": 0.10571,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B160

secondary

#A9A5C8

accent

#5ECA6A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B160

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

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