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#A9A67B

#a9a67b ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#a9a67b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.27% red, 65.1% green and 48.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.78% magenta, 27.22% yellow and 33.73% black. Its hue angle is 56.09°, with 21.1% saturation and 57.25% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 5.17.

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Web safe#999966
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Relative luminance0.3714

Complementary

  1. #a9a67b
  2. #7b7ea9

Split complementary

  1. #a9a67b
  2. #7b95a9
  3. #8f7ba9

Analogous

  1. #a98f7b
  2. #a9a67b
  3. #95a97b

Triadic

  1. #a9a67b
  2. #7ba9a6
  3. #a67ba9

Tetradic

  1. #a9a67b
  2. #7ea97b
  3. #7b7ea9
  4. #a67ba9

Square

  1. #a9a67b
  2. #7ba98f
  3. #7b7ea9
  4. #a97b95

Monochromatic

  1. #545237
  2. #828055
  3. #a9a67b
  4. #c7c5a9
  5. #e5e4d8

Shades

#a9a67b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a9a67b
  2. #98956f
  3. #878562
  4. #767456
  5. #65644a
  6. #55533e
  7. #444231
  8. #333225
  9. #222119
  10. #11110c
  11. #000000

Tints

#a9a67b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a9a67b
  2. #b2af88
  3. #bab895
  4. #c3c1a3
  5. #cbcab0
  6. #d4d3bd
  7. #dddbca
  8. #e5e4d7
  9. #eeede5
  10. #f6f6f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a9a67b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a9a67b
  2. #a5a27c
  3. #a19e7c
  4. #9d9b7d
  5. #99977d
  6. #95937e
  7. #908f7e
  8. #8c8b7f
  9. #88887f
  10. #848480
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6a595 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aea378 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afa57d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b0a09b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aca479 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ada57c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ada38f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a9a67b {
  color: #a9a67b;
}
Background
.bg-a9a67b {
  background-color: #a9a67b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a9a67b {
  border: 2px solid #a9a67b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a9a67b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 169 166 123;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 21% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a9a67b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a9a67b, #95a97b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a9a67b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(169 166 123 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 5.17 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.32 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.34 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 8.83 #87a96b Asparagus ΔE 10.60 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 10.63 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 11.02 #565984 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Sage
#a9a67b  rgb(169, 166, 123)  hsl(56, 21%, 57%)  Sage
#7b7ea9  rgb(123, 126, 169)  hsl(236, 21%, 57%)  Cool Gray
#7ba9a6  rgb(123, 169, 166)  hsl(176, 21%, 57%)  Cadet Blue
#a67ba9  rgb(166, 123, 169)  hsl(296, 21%, 57%)  Purple Mountain Majesty