#A9AA2E#A9AA2E

#A9AA2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.140 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AA2E
RGB	rgb(169, 170, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 72.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, -15.16, 59.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 61.66, 104.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.0479 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.14 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2312, 37.3826, 8.1547)
Luminance	0.3738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AA2E #2F2EAA

analogous

#AA6D2E #A9AA2E #6BAA2E

triadic

#A9AA2E #2EA9AA #AA2EA9

tetradic

#A9AA2E #2EAA6D #2F2EAA #AA2E6B

square

#A9AA2E #2EAA6D #2F2EAA #AA2E6B

split-complementary

#A9AA2E #2E6BAA #6D2EAA

monochromatic

#494A14 #797A21 #A9AA2E #CCCD48 #DADA78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A9AA2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#A9AA2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AA2E

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AA2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AA2E	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A316

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9aa2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 170, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.140 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c370',
    500: '#a9aa2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9aa2e;
$custom-light: #c6c370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9aa2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.484,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71517,
    "c": 0.14038,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AA2E

secondary

#7271C3

accent

#47E148

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AA2E

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

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