#A9B090#A9B090

#A9B090 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.045 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B090
RGB	rgb(169, 176, 144)
HSL	hsl(73, 17%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(73, 18%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 18.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -8.13, 15.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 17.59, 117.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0209 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.045 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9210, 41.4994, 32.4453)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B090 #9790B0

analogous

#B0A790 #A9B090 #99B090

triadic

#A9B090 #90A9B0 #B090A9

tetradic

#A9B090 #90B0A7 #9790B0 #B09099

square

#A9B090 #90B0A7 #9790B0 #B09099

split-complementary

#A9B090 #9099B0 #A790B0

monochromatic

#6C7352 #8D976C #A9B090 #C5C9B4 #E0E3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#A9B090 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#A9B090 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B090

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B090	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B090	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AC8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AD91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b090;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 176, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.045 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c7b0',
    500: '#a9b090',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b090;
$custom-light: #c2c7b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b090",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.125,
    "s": 16.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74298,
    "c": 0.04513,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B090

secondary

#CBC8D4

accent

#4A9B5C

background

#FBFCFA

surface

#F7F8F4

border

#D0D1CE

text

#121310

muted

#81827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B090

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

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