Tan Green #A9BE70

About this color

#A9BE70 is a medium-light, moderately saturated yellow. In OKLCH its lightness is 77%, its chroma 0.105 and its hue 121°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. It is the named color Tan Green. Black text reads best on it, at 10.28:1.

Colors that go with Tan Green

Matches found by rotating Tan Green around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Tan Green

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Tan Green, closest first.

• Gravestone and Bat
• Pumpkin and Harvest
• Puddle Recess
• Aerial Afternoon
• Bamboo Leaf
• Pandan Steam
• Whiteboard Deck
• Oat Canvas

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Tan Green, with their ΔE distance.

• Light Olive #ACBF69 ΔE 0.009
• Light Olive Green #A4BE5C ΔE 0.024
• Light Moss Green #A6C875 ΔE 0.026
• Dark Khaki #BDB76B ΔE 0.030
• Lichen #8FB67B ΔE 0.044
• Greenish Tan #BCCB7A ΔE 0.045
• Pale Olive #B9CC81 ΔE 0.046
• Dark Sea Green #8FBC8F ΔE 0.048

More about Tan Green

• Shades of green
• What green means

How to make Tan Green

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 3 parts white
• 2 parts orange
• 1 part blue

Recipe result: #BABE75, a difference of ΔE 0.025 from Tan Green. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make green? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Tan Green in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Tan Green

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

1. Step 50

   50

   #F4F7ED

   oklch(97.1% 0.014 120.3)

2. Step 100

   100

   #E6EDD7

   oklch(93.5% 0.03 121.4)

3. Step 200

   200

   #D3E0B5

   oklch(88.6% 0.059 121.3)

4. Step 300

   300 (this color)

   #A9BE70

   oklch(76.7% 0.105 121.2)

5. Step 400

   400

   #91AF07

   oklch(70.6% 0.168 121.2)

6. Step 500

   500

   #7C9600

   oklch(63% 0.151 121.2)

7. Step 600

   600

   #687E00

   oklch(55.5% 0.133 121.1)

8. Step 700

   700

   #576A00

   oklch(49.1% 0.118 121.1)

9. Step 800

   800

   #475700

   oklch(42.8% 0.103 121.1)

10. Step 900

    900

    #3B4800

    oklch(37.7% 0.09 120.7)

11. Step 950

    950

    #222B00

    oklch(27.1% 0.065 121.1)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Tan Green with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.