#A9AC2C#A9AC2C

#A9AC2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.144 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AC2C
RGB	rgb(169, 172, 44)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(61, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 74.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -16.28, 60.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 63.12, 104.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.0512 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.144 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5704, 38.1228, 8.0778)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AC2C #2F2CAC

analogous

#AC6F2C #A9AC2C #69AC2C

triadic

#A9AC2C #2CA9AC #AC2CA9

tetradic

#A9AC2C #2CAC6F #2F2CAC #AC2C69

square

#A9AC2C #2CAC6F #2F2CAC #AC2C69

split-complementary

#A9AC2C #2C69AC #6F2CAC

monochromatic

#494B13 #797B20 #A9AC2C #CCD046 #DADC76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A9AC2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#A9AC2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AC2C

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AC2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AC2C	1.00	2.43	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.43	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)

#BAA410

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ac2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 172, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.144 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c46f',
    500: '#a9ac2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ac2c;
$custom-light: #c6c46f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ac2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.406,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71951,
    "c": 0.14359,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AC2C

secondary

#7270C4

accent

#45E249

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AC2C

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

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