#A9B47E#A9B47E

#A9B47E is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.074 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B47E
RGB	rgb(169, 180, 126)
HSL	hsl(72, 26%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(72, 30%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 30%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, -12.91, 26.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 29.33, 116.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0344 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.074 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4492, 42.5841, 26.0340)
Luminance	0.4258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B47E #897EB4

analogous

#B4A47E #A9B47E #8EB47E

triadic

#A9B47E #7EA9B4 #B47EA9

tetradic

#A9B47E #7EB4A4 #897EB4 #B47E8E

square

#A9B47E #7EB4A4 #897EB4 #B47E8E

split-complementary

#A9B47E #7E8EB4 #A47EB4

monochromatic

#6A7443 #8E9B5A #A9B47E #C3CBA5 #DDE1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#A9B47E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#A9B47E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B47E

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B47E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B47E	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAE7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAF80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEAEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b47e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 180, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.074 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3caa4',
    500: '#a9b47e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b47e;
$custom-light: #c3caa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b47e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.222,
    "s": 26.471,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74777,
    "c": 0.07437,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B47E

secondary

#C1BDD1

accent

#65C378

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#12130F

muted

#81827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B47E

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

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