#A9AF7C#A9AF7C

#A9AF7C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.070 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AF7C
RGB	rgb(169, 175, 124)
HSL	hsl(67, 24%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(67, 29%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 29.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -10.58, 25.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 27.62, 112.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.0279 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.07 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3302, 40.5505, 25.0307)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AF7C #827CAF

analogous

#AF9B7C #A9AF7C #8FAF7C

triadic

#A9AF7C #7CA9AF #AF7CA9

tetradic

#A9AF7C #7CAF9B #827CAF #AF7C8F

square

#A9AF7C #7CAF9B #827CAF #AF7C8F

split-complementary

#A9AF7C #7C8FAF #9B7CAF

monochromatic

#696E43 #8D945A #A9AF7C #C2C6A2 #DBDDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A9AF7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#A9AF7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AF7C

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AF7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AF7C	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AA79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AB7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9af7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 175, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.070 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6a2',
    500: '#a9af7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9af7c;
$custom-light: #c3c6a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9af7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.059,
    "s": 24.171,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73642,
    "c": 0.06974,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AF7C

secondary

#BCB9CD

accent

#67C172

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F3

border

#D1D1CD

text

#12130F

muted

#81827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AF7C

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

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