#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
RGBrgb(169, 173, 83)
HSLhsl(63, 35%, 50%)
HSVhsv(63, 52%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(2.3%, 0%, 52%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(68.71, -14.19, 45.19)
CIE-LCHlch(68.71, 47.36, 107.43°)
OKLaboklab(72.54% -0.0413 0.1063)
OKLCHoklch(72.54% 0.114 111.2)
XYZxyz(32.8678, 38.9474, 13.9681)
Luminance0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##A9AD531.002.398.798.79
#FFFFFF2.391.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7921.001.001.00
##0000008.7921.001.001.00

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

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#A9AD53 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva