#A9AC2A#A9AC2A

#A9AC2A 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#A9AC2A
RGBrgb(169, 172, 42)
HSLhsl(61, 61%, 42%)
HSVhsv(61, 76%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(1.7%, 0%, 75.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.10, -16.36, 61.64)
CIE-LCHlch(68.10, 63.77, 104.87°)
OKLaboklab(71.94% -0.0516 0.1352)
OKLCHoklch(71.94% 0.145 110.9)
XYZxyz(31.5337, 38.1081, 7.8845)
Luminance0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A9AC2A #2D2AAC
analogous
#AC6E2A #A9AC2A #68AC2A
triadic
#A9AC2A #2AA9AC #AC2AA9
tetradic
#A9AC2A #2AAC6E #2D2AAC #AC2A68
square
#A9AC2A #2AAC6E #2D2AAC #AC2A68
split-complementary
#A9AC2A #2A68AC #6E2AAC
monochromatic
#484A12 #797B1E #A9AC2A #CED142 #DADD73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44
#A9AC2A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62
#A9AC2A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AC2A
8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A9AC2A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A9AC2A1.002.448.628.62
#FFFFFF2.441.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6221.001.001.00
##0000008.6221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAA40A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBA835
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B5A194
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a9ac2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 172, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.145 110.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c46e',
    500: '#a9ac2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a9ac2a;
$custom-light: #c6c46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a9ac2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.385,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71939,
    "c": 0.14471,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A9AC2A
secondary
#6F6DC4
accent
#44E448
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F9F8ED
border
#D2D1C8
text
#131208
muted
#82817B

Preview Lab

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#A9AC2A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva