Information about #A8B479 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #A8B479 reads as a moderately toned golden yellow and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Grayish Olive (#A8A87D). Slightly further away sit Tan Green (#A9BE70) and Iguana Green (#9CB071).
The recipe behind #A8B479 is rgb(168, 180, 121), with green as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 9.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.2:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #A8B479 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#A8B479 color variations
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#A8B479 color tints
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#A8B479 color shades
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#A8B479 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#A8B479 color hues
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#A8B479 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #A8B479 color
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Nearest named colors to #A8B479
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#A8A87D
#A9BE70
#9CB071
#9AB973
#9EA87D
#B8B47B
#ADA96E
#AFC182
#A2A580
#B3AB6E
#AAA583
#B6B285
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#A8B479
- RGB168, 180, 121
- CMYK5, 0, 23, 29
- CSSrgb(168, 180, 121)
- HSL72°, 28%, 59%
- HSL Precise72.203°, 28.23%, 59.02%
- HSV72°, 33%, 71%
- HSB72°, 33%, 71%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.659
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.706
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.475
- GLSLvec3(0.659, 0.706, 0.475)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.659, 0.706, 0.475, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.659, 0.706, 0.475)
- Percentage of Red in RGB65.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB70.6%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB47.5%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDA8B479
- DECIMAL ID11056249
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers24 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
