#A9B080#A9B080

#A9B080 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.066 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B080
RGB	rgb(169, 176, 128)
HSL	hsl(69, 23%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(69, 27%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 27.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -10.54, 23.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 26.06, 113.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.0277 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.066 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7837, 41.0445, 26.4552)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B080 #8780B0

analogous

#B09F80 #A9B080 #91B080

triadic

#A9B080 #80A9B0 #B080A9

tetradic

#A9B080 #80B09F #8780B0 #B08091

square

#A9B080 #80B09F #8780B0 #B08091

split-complementary

#A9B080 #8091B0 #9F80B0

monochromatic

#6A7046 #8D965D #A9B080 #C3C7A6 #DCDFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#A9B080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#A9B080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B080

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B080	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AB7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AC82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 176, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.066 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c7a5',
    500: '#a9b080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b080;
$custom-light: #c3c7a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.75,
    "s": 23.301,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73942,
    "c": 0.06606,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B080

secondary

#BFBDCF

accent

#68C075

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#12130F

muted

#81827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B080

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

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