#A8B496#A8B496

#A8B496 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.044 H 125.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B496
RGB	rgb(168, 180, 150)
HSL	hsl(84, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(84, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 16.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -9.63, 13.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 16.92, 124.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.0253 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.044 125.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9739, 43.1693, 35.1802)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B496 #A296B4

analogous

#B4B196 #A8B496 #99B496

triadic

#A8B496 #96A8B4 #B496A8

tetradic

#A8B496 #96B4B1 #A296B4 #B49699

square

#A8B496 #96B4B1 #A296B4 #B49699

split-complementary

#A8B496 #9699B4 #B196B4

monochromatic

#6B7956 #8A9B72 #A8B496 #C6CEBA #E3E7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#A8B496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#A8B496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B496

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B496	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AF97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAB1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 180, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.044 125.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2cab5',
    500: '#a8b496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b496;
$custom-light: #c2cab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7523,
    "c": 0.04387,
    "h": 125.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B496

secondary

#D2CED8

accent

#4B9B6B

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121311

muted

#818280

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B496

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

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