#A9AD53#A9AD53

#A9AD53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.114 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AD53
RGB	rgb(169, 173, 83)
HSL	hsl(63, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 52%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -14.19, 45.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 47.36, 107.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0413 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.114 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8678, 38.9474, 13.9681)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AD53 #5753AD

analogous

#AD8453 #A9AD53 #7CAD53

triadic

#A9AD53 #53A9AD #AD53A9

tetradic

#A9AD53 #53AD84 #5753AD #AD537C

square

#A9AD53 #53AD84 #5753AD #AD537C

split-complementary

#A9AD53 #537CAD #8453AD

monochromatic

#585A2B #81843F #A9AD53 #BEC17C #D2D5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A9AD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#A9AD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AD53

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AD53	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ad53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 173, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.114 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c586',
    500: '#a9ad53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ad53;
$custom-light: #c4c586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ad53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.667,
    "s": 35.433,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72536,
    "c": 0.11401,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AD53

secondary

#9C9AC2

accent

#5CCB61

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AD53

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

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