#A9AA4E#A9AA4E

#A9AA4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.115 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AA4E
RGB	rgb(169, 170, 78)
HSL	hsl(61, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 54.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -13.07, 46.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 48.36, 105.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.0386 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.115 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1129, 37.7353, 12.7983)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AA4E #4F4EAA

analogous

#AA7D4E #A9AA4E #7BAA4E

triadic

#A9AA4E #4EA9AA #AA4EA9

tetradic

#A9AA4E #4EAA7D #4F4EAA #AA4E7B

square

#A9AA4E #4EAA7D #4F4EAA #AA4E7B

split-complementary

#A9AA4E #4E7BAA #7D4EAA

monochromatic

#565628 #7F803B #A9AA4E #BFC075 #D3D39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#A9AA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#A9AA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AA4E

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AA4E	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9aa4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 170, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.115 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c382',
    500: '#a9aa4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9aa4e;
$custom-light: #c5c382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9aa4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.652,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7181,
    "c": 0.11537,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AA4E

secondary

#9494C0

accent

#5BCD5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AA4E

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

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