#A8B498#A8B498

#A8B498 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.041 H 126.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B498
RGB	rgb(168, 180, 152)
HSL	hsl(86, 16%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(86, 16%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 15.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, -9.29, 12.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 15.89, 125.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.0244 0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.041 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1364, 43.2342, 36.0356)
Luminance	0.4323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B498 #A498B4

analogous

#B4B298 #A8B498 #9AB498

triadic

#A8B498 #98A8B4 #B498A8

tetradic

#A8B498 #98B4B2 #A498B4 #B4989A

square

#A8B498 #98B4B2 #A498B4 #B4989A

split-complementary

#A8B498 #989AB4 #B298B4

monochromatic

#6B7958 #8A9A75 #A8B498 #C6CEBB #E4E8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#A8B498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#A8B498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B498

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B498	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAB1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 180, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.041 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2cab6',
    500: '#a8b498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b498;
$custom-light: #c2cab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.714,
    "s": 15.73,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75279,
    "c": 0.04128,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B498

secondary

#D3CFD9

accent

#4C9A6D

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121311

muted

#818280

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B498

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

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