#A9B065#A9B065

#A9B065 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.099 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B065
RGB	rgb(169, 176, 101)
HSL	hsl(66, 32%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 43%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 42.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -13.95, 37.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 40.00, 110.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0389 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.099 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2369, 40.4258, 18.3088)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B065 #6C65B0

analogous

#B09265 #A9B065 #84B065

triadic

#A9B065 #65A9B0 #B065A9

tetradic

#A9B065 #65B092 #6C65B0 #B06584

square

#A9B065 #65B092 #6C65B0 #B06584

split-complementary

#A9B065 #6584B0 #9265B0

monochromatic

#626634 #888F49 #A9B065 #C0C58D #D6DAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A9B065 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#A9B065 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B065

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B065	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B065	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAA5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAB69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b065;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 176, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.099 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c792',
    500: '#a9b065',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b065;
$custom-light: #c4c792;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b065",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.6,
    "s": 32.189,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73453,
    "c": 0.09867,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B065

secondary

#ABA8C8

accent

#5FC869

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F1

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130D

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B065

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

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