#A9AC4E#A9AC4E

#A9AC4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.118 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AC4E
RGB	rgb(169, 172, 78)
HSL	hsl(62, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 54.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -14.11, 47.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 49.26, 106.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0415 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.118 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4906, 38.4909, 12.9242)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AC4E #514EAC

analogous

#AC804E #A9AC4E #7AAC4E

triadic

#A9AC4E #4EA9AC #AC4EA9

tetradic

#A9AC4E #4EAC80 #514EAC #AC4E7A

square

#A9AC4E #4EAC80 #514EAC #AC4E7A

split-complementary

#A9AC4E #4E7AAC #804EAC

monochromatic

#565828 #80823B #A9AC4E #BFC176 #D2D4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A9AC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#A9AC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AC4E

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AC4E	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ac4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 172, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.118 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c483',
    500: '#a9ac4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ac4e;
$custom-light: #c5c483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ac4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.915,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72253,
    "c": 0.11767,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AC4E

secondary

#9695C1

accent

#5ACE5E

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AC4E

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

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