#A8B175#A8B175

#A8B175 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.081 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B175
RGB	rgb(168, 177, 117)
HSL	hsl(69, 28%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(69, 34%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 33.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -12.95, 29.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 32.40, 113.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0349 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.081 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0815, 41.0538, 22.9022)
Luminance	0.4105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B175 #7E75B1

analogous

#B19C75 #A8B175 #8AB175

triadic

#A8B175 #75A8B1 #B175A8

tetradic

#A8B175 #75B19C #7E75B1 #B1758A

square

#A8B175 #75B19C #7E75B1 #B1758A

split-complementary

#A8B175 #758AB1 #9C75B1

monochromatic

#666E3E #8B9554 #A8B175 #C1C79C #D9DDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#A8B175 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#A8B175 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B175

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B175	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B175	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)

#B9AB71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AC78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b175;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 177, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.081 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c89d',
    500: '#a8b175',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b175;
$custom-light: #c2c89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b175",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73865,
    "c": 0.08145,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B175

secondary

#B8B5CD

accent

#64C472

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#12130E

muted

#81827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B175

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

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