#A8B271#A8B271

#A8B271 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.088 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B271
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 113)
HSL	hsl(69, 30%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(69, 37%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 36.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -13.97, 32.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 35.00, 113.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.038 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.088 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0496, 41.3582, 21.7561)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B271 #7B71B2

analogous

#B29C71 #A8B271 #88B271

triadic

#A8B271 #71A8B2 #B271A8

tetradic

#A8B271 #71B29C #7B71B2 #B27188

square

#A8B271 #71B29C #7B71B2 #B27188

split-complementary

#A8B271 #7188B2 #9C71B2

monochromatic

#666D3B #8B9551 #A8B271 #C0C899 #D9DDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#A8B271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#A8B271 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B271

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B271	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAC6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAD74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.088 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c99a',
    500: '#a8b271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b271;
$custom-light: #c3c99a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.231,
    "s": 29.68,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74013,
    "c": 0.08767,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B271

secondary

#B6B2CD

accent

#62C671

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#12130E

muted

#81827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B271

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

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