#A9B361#A9B361

#A9B361 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.107 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B361
RGB	rgb(169, 179, 97)
HSL	hsl(67, 35%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(67, 46%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 45.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -15.92, 40.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 43.50, 111.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0448 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.107 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6404, 41.5387, 17.4999)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B361 #6B61B3

analogous

#B39461 #A9B361 #80B361

triadic

#A9B361 #61A9B3 #B361A9

tetradic

#A9B361 #61B394 #6B61B3 #B36180

square

#A9B361 #61B394 #6B61B3 #B36180

split-complementary

#A9B361 #6180B3 #9461B3

monochromatic

#616832 #889146 #A9B361 #BFC78A #D6DBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#A9B361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#A9B361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B361

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B361	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAC5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 179, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.107 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c98f',
    500: '#a9b361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b361;
$custom-light: #c4c98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.317,
    "s": 35.043,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74058,
    "c": 0.10698,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B361

secondary

#ABA6C9

accent

#5DCB6A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B361

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

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