#A8B165#A8B165

#A8B165 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.100 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B165
RGB	rgb(168, 177, 101)
HSL	hsl(67, 33%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(67, 43%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 42.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -14.87, 37.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 40.55, 111.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.0414 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.1 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2199, 40.7091, 18.3643)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B165 #6E65B1

analogous

#B19465 #A8B165 #82B165

triadic

#A8B165 #65A8B1 #B165A8

tetradic

#A8B165 #65B194 #6E65B1 #B16582

square

#A8B165 #65B194 #6E65B1 #B16582

split-complementary

#A8B165 #6582B1 #9465B1

monochromatic

#616734 #889049 #A8B165 #BFC68E #D6DAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A8B165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#A8B165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B165

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B165	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)

#BBAA5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAC69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 177, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.100 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c892',
    500: '#a8b165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b165;
$custom-light: #c3c892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.105,
    "s": 32.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73593,
    "c": 0.10021,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B165

secondary

#ADA9C9

accent

#5FC96B

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F1

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130D

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B165

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

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