#A8BC9C#A8BC9C

#A8BC9C is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.050 H 133.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BC9C
RGB	rgb(168, 188, 156)
HSL	hsl(98, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(98, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 17%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -12.79, 13.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 18.91, 132.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% -0.0343 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.05 133.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1313, 46.6912, 38.3441)
Luminance	0.4669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BC9C #B09CBC

analogous

#B8BC9C #A8BC9C #9CBCA0

triadic

#A8BC9C #9CA8BC #BC9CA8

tetradic

#A8BC9C #9CB8BC #B09CBC #BCA09C

square

#A8BC9C #9CB8BC #B09CBC #BCA09C

split-complementary

#A8BC9C #A09CBC #BC9CB8

monochromatic

#698459 #88A378 #A8BC9C #C8D5C0 #E8EDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#A8BC9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#A8BC9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BC9C

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BC9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BC9C	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB79A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB59D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bc9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 188, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.050 133.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d0b9',
    500: '#a8bc9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bc9c;
$custom-light: #c2d0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bc9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.5,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77117,
    "c": 0.04964,
    "h": 133.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BC9C

secondary

#DBD5DF

accent

#489E7D

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F9F6

border

#D0D2D0

text

#121411

muted

#818280

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BC9C

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

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