#A8B362#A8B362

#A8B362 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.106 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B362
RGB	rgb(168, 179, 98)
HSL	hsl(68, 35%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(68, 45%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 45.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -16.22, 39.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 43.06, 112.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.0455 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.106 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4735, 41.4473, 17.7370)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B362 #6D62B3

analogous

#B39662 #A8B362 #80B362

triadic

#A8B362 #62A8B3 #B362A8

tetradic

#A8B362 #62B396 #6D62B3 #B36280

square

#A8B362 #62B396 #6D62B3 #B36280

split-complementary

#A8B362 #6280B3 #9662B3

monochromatic

#616832 #879146 #A8B362 #BFC78B #D6DBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#A8B362 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#A8B362 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B362

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B362	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B362	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)

#BDAC5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b362;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 179, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.106 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c990',
    500: '#a8b362',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b362;
$custom-light: #c3c990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b362",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.148,
    "s": 34.764,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73993,
    "c": 0.10615,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B362

secondary

#ACA7CA

accent

#5DCB6C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130D

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B362

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

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