#A8B274#A8B274

#A8B274 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.084 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B274
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 116)
HSL	hsl(70, 29%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(70, 35%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 34.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, -13.60, 30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 33.46, 113.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0368 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.084 116)
XYZ	xyz(35.2213, 41.4269, 22.6603)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B274 #7E74B2

analogous

#B29D74 #A8B274 #89B274

triadic

#A8B274 #74A8B2 #B274A8

tetradic

#A8B274 #74B29D #7E74B2 #B27489

square

#A8B274 #74B29D #7E74B2 #B27489

split-complementary

#A8B274 #7489B2 #9D74B2

monochromatic

#666E3D #8B9653 #A8B274 #C1C89B #D9DEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#A8B274 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#A8B274 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B274

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B274	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B274	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAC70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AD77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b274;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.084 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c99c',
    500: '#a8b274',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b274;
$custom-light: #c2c99c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b274",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.677,
    "s": 28.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74067,
    "c": 0.08406,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.41427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B274

secondary

#B8B4CD

accent

#63C573

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#12130E

muted

#81827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B274

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

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