#A9AD29#A9AD29

#A9AD29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.146 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AD29
RGB	rgb(169, 173, 41)
HSL	hsl(62, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(62, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 76.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -16.92, 62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 64.47, 105.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0532 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.146 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7071, 38.4831, 7.8551)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AD29 #2D29AD

analogous

#AD6F29 #A9AD29 #67AD29

triadic

#A9AD29 #29A9AD #AD29A9

tetradic

#A9AD29 #29AD6F #2D29AD #AD2967

square

#A9AD29 #29AD6F #2D29AD #AD2967

split-complementary

#A9AD29 #2967AD #6F29AD

monochromatic

#484A12 #797C1D #A9AD29 #CED241 #DADE73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A9AD29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#A9AD29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AD29

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AD29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AD29	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA506

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ad29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 173, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.146 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c56e',
    500: '#a9ad29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ad29;
$custom-light: #c6c56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ad29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.818,
    "s": 61.682,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72157,
    "c": 0.14627,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AD29

secondary

#6F6DC5

accent

#43E548

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AD29

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

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