#A7C896

Closest named color: Pale Olive (#B9CC81). oklch(79.6% 0.077 135.1), rgb(167, 200, 150).

Black text reads best on this color (11.34:1).

About this color

#A7C896 is a light, moderately saturated green. In OKLCH its lightness is 80%, its chroma 0.077 and its hue 135°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. The nearest named color is Pale Olive (#B9CC81), ΔE 0.037 away. Black text reads best on it, at 11.34:1.

Hue family	Greens
Lightness	light (80%)
Chroma	moderately saturated (0.077)
Temperature	in between
Nearest name	Pale Olive (#B9CC81)
Black text	11.34:1
White text	1.85:1

Values

HEX	#A7C896
RGB	rgb(167, 200, 150)
HSL	hsl(100, 31%, 69%)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.077 135.1)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #A7C896	1.85:1	Fails	Lc -39.0	Non-text elements, placeholder text
Black text on #A7C896	11.34:1	AAA	Lc 69.1	Content text, not long reading
#A7C896 text on white	1.85:1	Fails	Lc 34.8	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#A7C896 text on black	11.34:1	AAA	Lc -67.7	Content text, not long reading

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

Step 50
50

#F2F7F0

oklch(97% 0.011 136.6)
Step 100
100

#E4EDDF

oklch(93.5% 0.021 134.1)
Step 200
200

#CDE0C4

oklch(88.5% 0.043 135.5)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#A7C896

oklch(79.6% 0.077 135.1)
Step 400
400

#7EB261

oklch(70.8% 0.124 135.2)
Step 500
500

#5C9E2F

oklch(63.2% 0.158 135.2)
Step 600
600

#448700

oklch(55.7% 0.163 135.2)
Step 700
700

#387100

oklch(49% 0.143 135.1)
Step 800
800

#2D5D00

oklch(42.7% 0.125 135.1)
Step 900
900

#274D09

oklch(37.7% 0.103 135.2)
Step 950
950

#172D09

oklch(26.9% 0.065 135.4)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#A7C896 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#CCC093	0.051
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#C7BD98	0.051
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#A7C4BA	0.054
Achromatopsia (no color)	#BEBEBE	0.078