#A8B370#A8B370

#A8B370 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.090 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B370
RGB	rgb(168, 179, 112)
HSL	hsl(70, 31%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(70, 37%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 37.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -14.61, 32.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 36.04, 113.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0399 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.09 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1933, 41.7352, 21.5278)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B370 #7B70B3

analogous

#B39D70 #A8B370 #87B370

triadic

#A8B370 #70A8B3 #B370A8

tetradic

#A8B370 #70B39D #7B70B3 #B37087

square

#A8B370 #70B39D #7B70B3 #B37087

split-complementary

#A8B370 #7087B3 #9D70B3

monochromatic

#666E3B #8B9650 #A8B370 #C0C898 #D9DDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#A8B370 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#A8B370 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B370

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B370	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B370	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAD6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAD73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b370;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 179, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.090 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c99a',
    500: '#a8b370',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b370;
$custom-light: #c3c99a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b370",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.851,
    "s": 30.594,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74217,
    "c": 0.09024,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B370

secondary

#B6B2CD

accent

#61C772

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#12130E

muted

#81827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B370

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

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