#A9B489#A9B489

#A9B489 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.060 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B489
RGB	rgb(169, 180, 137)
HSL	hsl(75, 22%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(75, 24%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 23.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -11.32, 20.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 23.60, 118.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.0298 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.06 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1984, 42.8838, 29.9798)
Luminance	0.4288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B489 #9489B4

analogous

#B4AA89 #A9B489 #94B489

triadic

#A9B489 #89A9B4 #B489A9

tetradic

#A9B489 #89B4AA #9489B4 #B48994

square

#A9B489 #89B4AA #9489B4 #B48994

split-complementary

#A9B489 #8994B4 #AA89B4

monochromatic

#6C774C #8E9C64 #A9B489 #C4CCAE #E0E4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#A9B489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#A9B489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B489

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B489	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAF86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AF8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADAFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 180, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.060 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3caab',
    500: '#a9b489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b489;
$custom-light: #c3caab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.349,
    "s": 22.28,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75006,
    "c": 0.06041,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B489

secondary

#C9C5D4

accent

#45A15C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#121310

muted

#81827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B489

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

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