#A8B355#A8B355

#A8B355 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.120 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B355
RGB	rgb(168, 179, 85)
HSL	hsl(67, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(67, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 52.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -17.50, 46.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 49.31, 110.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0504 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.12 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9088, 41.2214, 14.7628)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B355 #6055B3

analogous

#B38F55 #A8B355 #79B355

triadic

#A8B355 #55A8B3 #B355A8

tetradic

#A8B355 #55B38F #6055B3 #B35579

square

#A8B355 #55B38F #6055B3 #B35579

split-complementary

#A8B355 #5579B3 #8F55B3

monochromatic

#5C622C #838C3F #A8B355 #BEC67F #D3D9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A8B355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#A8B355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B355

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B355	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 179, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.120 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c987',
    500: '#a8b355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b355;
$custom-light: #c4c987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.021,
    "s": 38.211,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73816,
    "c": 0.11959,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B355

secondary

#A29DC7

accent

#5ACE67

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B355

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

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