#A9AC29#A9AC29
#A9AC29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.145 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A9AC29 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 172, 41) |
| HSL | hsl(61, 62%, 42%) |
| HSV | hsv(61, 76%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 76.2%, 32.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(68.09, -16.41, 61.96) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(68.09, 64.09, 104.83°) |
| OKLab | oklab(71.93% -0.0518 0.1357) |
| OKLCH | oklch(71.93% 0.145 110.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.5161, 38.1010, 7.7915) |
| Luminance | 0.3810 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.49
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 2.71
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 3.56
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 3.93
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 4.38
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 4.84
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A9AC29 #2C29AC
analogous
#AC6E29 #A9AC29 #68AC29
triadic
#A9AC29 #29A9AC #AC29A9
tetradic
#A9AC29 #29AC6E #2C29AC #AC2968
square
#A9AC29 #29AC6E #2C29AC #AC2968
split-complementary
#A9AC29 #2968AC #6E29AC
monochromatic
#484911 #787B1D #A9AC29 #CED241 #DBDD72
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.44
#A9AC29 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.62
#A9AC29 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A9AC29
8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A9AC29 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A9AC29 | 1.00 | 2.44 | 8.62 | 8.62 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.44 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.62 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.62 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAA406
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBA834
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B5A193
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a9ac29; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 172, 41); /* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.145 110.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6c46e',
500: '#a9ac29',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a9ac29; $custom-light: #c6c46e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a9ac29",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 172,
"b": 41
},
"hsl": {
"h": 61.374,
"s": 61.502,
"l": 41.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.71933,
"c": 0.14524,
"h": 110.9
},
"luminance": 0.381
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A9AC29
secondary
#6E6CC5
accent
#43E547
background
#FCFCF6
surface
#F9F8EC
border
#D2D1C7
text
#131208
muted
#82817B