#A9AD24#A9AD24

#A9AD24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.149 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AD24
RGB	rgb(169, 173, 36)
HSL	hsl(62, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(62, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 79.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -17.11, 63.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 65.98, 105.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0542 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.149 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6253, 38.4504, 7.4245)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AD24 #2824AD

analogous

#AD6C24 #A9AD24 #64AD24

triadic

#A9AD24 #24A9AD #AD24A9

tetradic

#A9AD24 #24AD6C #2824AD #AD2464

square

#A9AD24 #24AD6C #2824AD #AD2464

split-complementary

#A9AD24 #2464AD #6C24AD

monochromatic

#46480F #787A19 #A9AD24 #D1D639 #DDE06B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A9AD24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#A9AD24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AD24

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AD24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AD24	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ad24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 173, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.149 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c56c',
    500: '#a9ad24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ad24;
$custom-light: #c6c56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ad24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.752,
    "s": 65.55,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72131,
    "c": 0.14876,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AD24

secondary

#6966C6

accent

#3FE944

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AD24

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

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