#A9AC28#A9AC28

#A9AC28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.146 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A9AC28
RGBrgb(169, 172, 40)
HSLhsl(61, 62%, 42%)
HSVhsv(61, 77%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(1.7%, 0%, 76.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.09, -16.45, 62.27)
CIE-LCHlch(68.09, 64.41, 104.79°)
OKLaboklab(71.93% -0.052 0.1362)
OKLCHoklch(71.93% 0.146 110.9)
XYZxyz(31.4988, 38.0941, 7.7007)
Luminance0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A9AC28 #2B28AC
analogous
#AC6D28 #A9AC28 #67AC28
triadic
#A9AC28 #28A9AC #AC28A9
tetradic
#A9AC28 #28AC6D #2B28AC #AC2867
square
#A9AC28 #28AC6D #2B28AC #AC2867
split-complementary
#A9AC28 #2867AC #6D28AC
monochromatic
#474911 #787A1C #A9AC28 #CFD23F #DBDE71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44
#A9AC28 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62
#A9AC28 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AC28
8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A9AC28#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A9AC281.002.448.628.62
#FFFFFF2.441.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6221.001.001.00
##0000008.6221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAA403
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBA833
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B5A193
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a9ac28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 172, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.146 110.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c46d',
    500: '#a9ac28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a9ac28;
$custom-light: #c6c46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a9ac28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.364,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71928,
    "c": 0.14576,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A9AC28
secondary
#6D6BC5
accent
#42E546
background
#FCFCF6
surface
#F9F8EC
border
#D2D1C7
text
#131208
muted
#82817B

Preview Lab

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#A9AC28 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva