#A8B366#A8B366

#A8B366 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.102 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B366
RGB	rgb(168, 179, 102)
HSL	hsl(69, 34%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(69, 43%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 43%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -15.78, 37.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 41.08, 112.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.044 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.102 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6671, 41.5247, 18.7566)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B366 #7166B3

analogous

#B39766 #A8B366 #82B366

triadic

#A8B366 #66A8B3 #B366A8

tetradic

#A8B366 #66B397 #7166B3 #B36682

square

#A8B366 #66B397 #7166B3 #B36682

split-complementary

#A8B366 #6682B3 #9766B3

monochromatic

#626A35 #889349 #A8B366 #BFC78F #D7DCB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#A8B366 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#A8B366 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B366

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B366	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B366	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAC60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b366;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 179, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.102 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c993',
    500: '#a8b366',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b366;
$custom-light: #c3c993;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b366",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 33.624,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74053,
    "c": 0.10174,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B366

secondary

#AFAACB

accent

#5ECA6D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F1

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130D

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B366

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

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