#A8B381#A8B381

#A8B381 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.069 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B381
RGB	rgb(168, 179, 129)
HSL	hsl(73, 25%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(73, 28%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 27.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, -12.35, 24.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 27.28, 116.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0328 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.069 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2308, 42.1502, 26.9917)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B381 #8C81B3

analogous

#B3A581 #A8B381 #8FB381

triadic

#A8B381 #81A8B3 #B381A8

tetradic

#A8B381 #81B3A5 #8C81B3 #B3818F

square

#A8B381 #81B3A5 #8C81B3 #B3818F

split-complementary

#A8B381 #818FB3 #A581B3

monochromatic

#6A7446 #8D9A5D #A8B381 #C2CAA7 #DDE1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#A8B381 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#A8B381 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B381

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B381	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B381	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAE7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AE83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADAEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b381;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 179, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.069 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c9a6',
    500: '#a8b381',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b381;
$custom-light: #c2c9a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b381",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.2,
    "s": 24.752,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74539,
    "c": 0.0694,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B381

secondary

#C3BED1

accent

#42A358

background

#FBFCFA

surface

#F7F8F4

border

#D0D1CE

text

#12130F

muted

#81827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B381

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

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