#A9AC35#A9AC35

#A9AC35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.138 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AC35
RGB	rgb(169, 172, 53)
HSL	hsl(62, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 69.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -15.83, 57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 59.90, 105.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.0491 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.138 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7583, 38.1979, 9.0675)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AC35 #3835AC

analogous

#AC7435 #A9AC35 #6EAC35

triadic

#A9AC35 #35A9AC #AC35A9

tetradic

#A9AC35 #35AC74 #3835AC #AC356E

square

#A9AC35 #35AC74 #3835AC #AC356E

split-complementary

#A9AC35 #356EAC #7435AC

monochromatic

#4D4E18 #7B7D27 #A9AC35 #C7CA54 #D7D983

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A9AC35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#A9AC35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AC35

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AC35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AC35	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ac35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 172, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.138 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c474',
    500: '#a9ac35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ac35;
$custom-light: #c6c474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ac35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.513,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72013,
    "c": 0.138,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AC35

secondary

#7C7BC2

accent

#4CDC4F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AC35

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

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