#A8B96B#A8B96B

#A8B96B is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.104 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B96B
RGB	rgb(168, 185, 107)
HSL	hsl(73, 36%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(73, 42%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 42.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -18.27, 37.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 41.77, 115.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.0506 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.104 119)
XYZ	xyz(36.1514, 44.0845, 20.5117)
Luminance	0.4408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B96B #7C6BB9

analogous

#B9A36B #A8B96B #81B96B

triadic

#A8B96B #6BA8B9 #B96BA8

tetradic

#A8B96B #6BB9A3 #7C6BB9 #B96B81

square

#A8B96B #6BB9A3 #7C6BB9 #B96B81

split-complementary

#A8B96B #6B81B9 #A36BB9

monochromatic

#667336 #8B9D4A #A8B96B #C0CD95 #D9E0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#A8B96B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#A8B96B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B96B

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B96B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B96B	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B165

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B26F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFB2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b96b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 185, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.104 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ce96',
    500: '#a8b96b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b96b;
$custom-light: #c3ce96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b96b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.077,
    "s": 35.78,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75468,
    "c": 0.10432,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.44084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B96B

secondary

#B7B0D0

accent

#5CCC74

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F9F2

border

#D1D2CC

text

#13130D

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B96B

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

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