#A9AC21#A9AC21

#A9AC21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.149 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AC21
RGB	rgb(169, 172, 33)
HSL	hsl(61, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(61, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 80.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -16.71, 64.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 66.45, 104.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.0533 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.149 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3904, 38.0508, 7.1295)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AC21 #2421AC

analogous

#AC6921 #A9AC21 #63AC21

triadic

#A9AC21 #21A9AC #AC21A9

tetradic

#A9AC21 #21AC69 #2421AC #AC2163

square

#A9AC21 #21AC69 #2421AC #AC2163

split-complementary

#A9AC21 #2163AC #6921AC

monochromatic

#44450D #777917 #A9AC21 #D4D832 #DFE266

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A9AC21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#A9AC21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AC21

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AC21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AC21	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA82E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ac21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 172, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.149 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c46a',
    500: '#a9ac21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ac21;
$custom-light: #c6c46a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ac21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.295,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71892,
    "c": 0.14911,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AC21

secondary

#6462C7

accent

#3DEB41

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AC21

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

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