#A8B577#A8B577

#A8B577 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.085 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B577
RGB	rgb(168, 181, 119)
HSL	hsl(73, 30%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(73, 34%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 34.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -14.76, 30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 33.56, 116.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0399 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.085 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0020, 42.7047, 23.7954)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B577 #8477B5

analogous

#B5A377 #A8B577 #89B577

triadic

#A8B577 #77A8B5 #B577A8

tetradic

#A8B577 #77B5A3 #8477B5 #B57789

square

#A8B577 #77B5A3 #8477B5 #B57789

split-complementary

#A8B577 #7789B5 #A377B5

monochromatic

#68733F #8C9B54 #A8B577 #C1CB9F #DBE0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#A8B577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#A8B577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B577

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B577	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAF73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAF7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEAFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 181, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.085 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2cb9f',
    500: '#a8b577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b577;
$custom-light: #c2cb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.581,
    "s": 29.524,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74785,
    "c": 0.08469,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B577

secondary

#BDB8D0

accent

#62C677

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#12130E

muted

#81827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B577

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

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