#A9AC23#A9AC23

#A9AC23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.148 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AC23
RGB	rgb(169, 172, 35)
HSL	hsl(61, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(61, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 79.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -16.64, 63.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 65.90, 104.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.0529 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.148 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4192, 38.0623, 7.2815)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AC23 #2623AC

analogous

#AC6A23 #A9AC23 #64AC23

triadic

#A9AC23 #23A9AC #AC23A9

tetradic

#A9AC23 #23AC6A #2623AC #AC2364

square

#A9AC23 #23AC6A #2623AC #AC2364

split-complementary

#A9AC23 #2364AC #6A23AC

monochromatic

#45460E #777919 #A9AC23 #D3D636 #DEE069

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A9AC23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#A9AC23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AC23

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AC23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AC23	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)

#BBA830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ac23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 172, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.148 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c46b',
    500: '#a9ac23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ac23;
$custom-light: #c6c46b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ac23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.314,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71901,
    "c": 0.14822,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AC23

secondary

#6764C6

accent

#3FE942

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AC23

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

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