#A8B696#A8B696

#A8B696 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.047 H 126.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B696
RGB	rgb(168, 182, 150)
HSL	hsl(86, 18%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(86, 18%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 17.6%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -10.68, 14.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 18.16, 126.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0282 0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.047 126.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3806, 43.9826, 35.3157)
Luminance	0.4398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B696 #A496B6

analogous

#B6B496 #A8B696 #98B696

triadic

#A8B696 #96A8B6 #B696A8

tetradic

#A8B696 #96B6B4 #A496B6 #B69698

square

#A8B696 #96B6B4 #A496B6 #B69698

split-complementary

#A8B696 #9698B6 #B496B6

monochromatic

#6B7C56 #8A9D72 #A8B696 #C6CFBA #E4E8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#A8B696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#A8B696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B696

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B696	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAB3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 182, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.047 126.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2cbb5',
    500: '#a8b696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b696;
$custom-light: #c2cbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.25,
    "s": 17.978,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75664,
    "c": 0.04714,
    "h": 126.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B696

secondary

#D3CED9

accent

#499C6E

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121311

muted

#818280

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B696

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

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