#A8B171#A8B171

#A8B171 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.086 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B171
RGB	rgb(168, 177, 113)
HSL	hsl(68, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 36%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 36.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -13.46, 31.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 34.46, 112.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.0366 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.086 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8514, 40.9617, 21.6900)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B171 #7A71B1

analogous

#B19A71 #A8B171 #88B171

triadic

#A8B171 #71A8B1 #B171A8

tetradic

#A8B171 #71B19A #7A71B1 #B17188

square

#A8B171 #71B19A #7A71B1 #B17188

split-complementary

#A8B171 #7188B1 #9A71B1

monochromatic

#656C3B #8A9451 #A8B171 #C0C799 #D8DCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#A8B171 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#A8B171 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B171

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B171	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B171	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAB6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AC74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b171;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 177, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.086 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c89a',
    500: '#a8b171',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b171;
$custom-light: #c2c89a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b171",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.438,
    "s": 29.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73793,
    "c": 0.08629,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B171

secondary

#B6B2CC

accent

#62C570

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#12130E

muted

#81827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B171

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

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