#A9B288#A9B288

#A9B288 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.059 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B288
RGB	rgb(169, 178, 136)
HSL	hsl(73, 21%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(73, 24%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 23.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, -10.42, 20.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 22.97, 116.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0272 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.059 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7261, 42.0535, 29.4701)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B288 #9188B2

analogous

#B2A688 #A9B288 #94B288

triadic

#A9B288 #88A9B2 #B288A9

tetradic

#A9B288 #88B2A6 #9188B2 #B28894

square

#A9B288 #88B2A6 #9188B2 #B28894

split-complementary

#A9B288 #8894B2 #A688B2

monochromatic

#6C744B #8E9963 #A9B288 #C4CAAD #DFE2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#A9B288 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#A9B288 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B288

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B288	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B288	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AD85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AE8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b288;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 178, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.059 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c9ab',
    500: '#a9b288',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b288;
$custom-light: #c3c9ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b288",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.857,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74548,
    "c": 0.05867,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B288

secondary

#C6C3D3

accent

#46A059

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#121310

muted

#81827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B288

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

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