#A9AC2D#A9AC2D

#A9AC2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.143 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A9AC2D
RGBrgb(169, 172, 45)
HSLhsl(61, 59%, 43%)
HSVhsv(61, 74%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(1.7%, 0%, 73.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.12, -16.23, 60.64)
CIE-LCHlch(68.12, 62.78, 104.98°)
OKLaboklab(71.96% -0.051 0.1336)
OKLCHoklch(71.96% 0.143 110.9)
XYZxyz(31.5895, 38.1304, 8.1780)
Luminance0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A9AC2D #302DAC
analogous
#AC6F2D #A9AC2D #6AAC2D
triadic
#A9AC2D #2DA9AC #AC2DA9
tetradic
#A9AC2D #2DAC6F #302DAC #AC2D6A
square
#A9AC2D #2DAC6F #302DAC #AC2D6A
split-complementary
#A9AC2D #2D6AAC #6F2DAC
monochromatic
#4A4B14 #797B20 #A9AC2D #CCCF47 #D9DC78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43
#A9AC2D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63
#A9AC2D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AC2D
8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A9AC2D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A9AC2D1.002.438.638.63
#FFFFFF2.431.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6321.001.001.00
##0000008.6321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAA412
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBA837
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B5A194
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a9ac2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 172, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.143 110.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c470',
    500: '#a9ac2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a9ac2d;
$custom-light: #c6c470;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a9ac2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.417,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71957,
    "c": 0.14302,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A9AC2D
secondary
#7371C4
accent
#46E24A
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F9F8ED
border
#D2D1C8
text
#131208
muted
#82817B

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#A9AC2D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva