#A8B38E#A8B38E

#A8B38E is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.053 H 121.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B38E
RGB	rgb(168, 179, 142)
HSL	hsl(78, 20%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(78, 21%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 20.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -10.40, 17.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 20.48, 120.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0272 0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.053 121.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1505, 42.5180, 31.8356)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B38E #998EB3

analogous

#B3AB8E #A8B38E #95B38E

triadic

#A8B38E #8EA8B3 #B38EA8

tetradic

#A8B38E #8EB3AB #998EB3 #B38E95

square

#A8B38E #8EB3AB #998EB3 #B38E95

split-complementary

#A8B38E #8E95B3 #AB8EB3

monochromatic

#6B7750 #8C9A69 #A8B38E #C4CCB3 #E0E4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#A8B38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#A8B38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B38E

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B38E	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AF8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AE90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABAFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 179, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.053 121.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c9af',
    500: '#a8b38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b38e;
$custom-light: #c2c9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.838,
    "s": 19.577,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74822,
    "c": 0.05267,
    "h": 121.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B38E

secondary

#CCC8D5

accent

#489E61

background

#FBFCFA

surface

#F7F8F4

border

#D0D1CE

text

#121310

muted

#81827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B38E

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

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