#A8B164#A8B164

#A8B164 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.101 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B164
RGB	rgb(168, 177, 100)
HSL	hsl(67, 33%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(67, 44%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 43.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -14.98, 38.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 41.05, 111.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0418 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.101 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1712, 40.6896, 18.1079)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B164 #6D64B1

analogous

#B19464 #A8B164 #82B164

triadic

#A8B164 #64A8B1 #B164A8

tetradic

#A8B164 #64B194 #6D64B1 #B16482

square

#A8B164 #64B194 #6D64B1 #B16482

split-complementary

#A8B164 #6482B1 #9464B1

monochromatic

#616734 #879048 #A8B164 #BFC58D #D6DAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A8B164 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#A8B164 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B164

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B164	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B164	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAA5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAC68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b164;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 177, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.101 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c891',
    500: '#a8b164',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b164;
$custom-light: #c3c891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b164",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.013,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73578,
    "c": 0.10132,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B164

secondary

#ACA8C9

accent

#5FC96B

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F1

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130D

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B164

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

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