#A8B273#A8B273

#A8B273 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.085 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B273
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 115)
HSL	hsl(70, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(70, 35%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 35.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, -13.72, 31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 33.97, 113.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.0372 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.085 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1634, 41.4037, 22.3556)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B273 #7D73B2

analogous

#B29D73 #A8B273 #88B273

triadic

#A8B273 #73A8B2 #B273A8

tetradic

#A8B273 #73B29D #7D73B2 #B27388

square

#A8B273 #73B29D #7D73B2 #B27388

split-complementary

#A8B273 #7388B2 #9D73B2

monochromatic

#666E3D #8B9652 #A8B273 #C1C89A #D9DDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#A8B273 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#A8B273 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B273

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B273	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B273	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAC6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AD76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b273;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.085 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c99c',
    500: '#a8b273',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b273;
$custom-light: #c2c99c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b273",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.524,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74049,
    "c": 0.08527,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B273

secondary

#B8B4CD

accent

#62C572

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#12130E

muted

#81827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B273

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

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