#A8B174#A8B174

#A8B174 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.083 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B174
RGB	rgb(168, 177, 116)
HSL	hsl(69, 28%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(69, 34%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 34.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -13.08, 30.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 32.92, 113.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0353 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.083 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0230, 41.0304, 22.5942)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B174 #7D74B1

analogous

#B19B74 #A8B174 #8AB174

triadic

#A8B174 #74A8B1 #B174A8

tetradic

#A8B174 #74B19B #7D74B1 #B1748A

square

#A8B174 #74B19B #7D74B1 #B1748A

split-complementary

#A8B174 #748AB1 #9B74B1

monochromatic

#666D3D #8B9453 #A8B174 #C1C79B #D9DDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#A8B174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#A8B174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B174

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B174	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AB70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AC77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 177, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.083 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c89c',
    500: '#a8b174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b174;
$custom-light: #c2c89c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.852,
    "s": 28.111,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73847,
    "c": 0.08267,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B174

secondary

#B8B4CD

accent

#63C472

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#12130E

muted

#81827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B174

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

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