#A8B49C#A8B49C

#A8B49C is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.036 H 129.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B49C
RGB	rgb(168, 180, 156)
HSL	hsl(90, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(90, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 13.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, -8.61, 10.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 13.84, 128.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0227 0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.036 129)
XYZ	xyz(38.4695, 43.3675, 37.7901)
Luminance	0.4337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B49C #A89CB4

analogous

#B4B49C #A8B49C #9CB49C

triadic

#A8B49C #9CA8B4 #B49CA8

tetradic

#A8B49C #9CB4B4 #A89CB4 #B49C9C

square

#A8B49C #9CB4B4 #A89CB4 #B49C9C

split-complementary

#A8B49C #9C9CB4 #B49CB4

monochromatic

#6B7A5C #899A79 #A8B49C #C7CEBF #E5E9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#A8B49C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#A8B49C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B49C

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B49C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B49C	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B09B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B09D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9B2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b49c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 180, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.036 129.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2cab9',
    500: '#a8b49c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b49c;
$custom-light: #c2cab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b49c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7538,
    "c": 0.03613,
    "h": 129
  },
  "luminance": 0.43368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B49C

secondary

#D6D2DA

accent

#4E9873

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121311

muted

#818280

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B49C

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

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