#A9B375#A9B375

#A9B375 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.084 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B375
RGB	rgb(169, 179, 117)
HSL	hsl(70, 29%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(70, 35%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 34.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -13.59, 30.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 33.43, 113.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0368 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.084 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6932, 41.9599, 23.0449)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B375 #7F75B3

analogous

#B39E75 #A9B375 #8AB375

triadic

#A9B375 #75A9B3 #B375A9

tetradic

#A9B375 #75B39E #7F75B3 #B3758A

square

#A9B375 #75B39E #7F75B3 #B3758A

split-complementary

#A9B375 #758AB3 #9E75B3

monochromatic

#68703E #8C9753 #A9B375 #C2C99C #DADEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#A9B375 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#A9B375 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B375

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B375	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B375	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAD71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAE78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0ACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b375;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 179, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.084 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c99d',
    500: '#a9b375',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b375;
$custom-light: #c3c99d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b375",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.677,
    "s": 28.972,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74386,
    "c": 0.08401,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B375

secondary

#BAB6CE

accent

#63C572

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#12130E

muted

#81827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B375

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

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