#A8B49E#A8B49E

#A8B49E is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.034 H 130.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B49E
RGB	rgb(168, 180, 158)
HSL	hsl(93, 13%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(93, 12%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 12.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -8.26, 9.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 12.82, 130.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0219 0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.034 130.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6402, 43.4358, 38.6894)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B49E #AA9EB4

analogous

#B3B49E #A8B49E #9EB49F

triadic

#A8B49E #9EA8B4 #B49EA8

tetradic

#A8B49E #9EB3B4 #AA9EB4 #B49F9E

square

#A8B49E #9EB3B4 #AA9EB4 #B49F9E

split-complementary

#A8B49E #9F9EB4 #B49EB3

monochromatic

#6B7A5E #89997B #A8B49E #C7CFC1 #E6E9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#A8B49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#A8B49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B49E

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B49E	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B19D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B09F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 180, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.034 130.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1caba',
    500: '#a8b49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b49e;
$custom-light: #c1caba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.727,
    "s": 12.791,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75432,
    "c": 0.03358,
    "h": 130.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B49E

secondary

#D7D3DA

accent

#4F9776

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121311

muted

#818280

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B49E

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

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