#A9BD85#A9BD85

#A9BD85 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.079 H 124.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BD85
RGB	rgb(169, 189, 133)
HSL	hsl(81, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(81, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 29.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -16.54, 26.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 30.91, 122.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% -0.0445 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.079 124.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7930, 46.5235, 29.1220)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BD85 #9985BD

analogous

#BDB585 #A9BD85 #8DBD85

triadic

#A9BD85 #85A9BD #BD85A9

tetradic

#A9BD85 #85BDB5 #9985BD #BD858D

square

#A9BD85 #85BDB5 #9985BD #BD858D

split-complementary

#A9BD85 #858DBD #B585BD

monochromatic

#6C8246 #8DA85D #A9BD85 #C5D2AD #E1E8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#A9BD85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#A9BD85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BD85

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BD85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BD85	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bd85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 189, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.079 124.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d0a9',
    500: '#a9bd85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bd85;
$custom-light: #c3d0a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bd85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.429,
    "s": 29.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76899,
    "c": 0.07923,
    "h": 124.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BD85

secondary

#CCC5D9

accent

#3DA863

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F9F4

border

#D1D2CE

text

#121410

muted

#81827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BD85

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

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