#A9AE20#A9AE20

#A9AE20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.152 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AE20
RGB	rgb(169, 174, 32)
HSL	hsl(62, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(62, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 81.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -17.76, 65.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 67.45, 105.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0563 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.152 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7601, 38.8122, 7.1847)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AE20 #2520AE

analogous

#AE6C20 #A9AE20 #62AE20

triadic

#A9AE20 #20A9AE #AE20A9

tetradic

#A9AE20 #20AE6C #2520AE #AE2062

square

#A9AE20 #20AE6C #2520AE #AE2062

split-complementary

#A9AE20 #2062AE #6C20AE

monochromatic

#45470D #777A16 #A9AE20 #D3D932 #DEE366

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A9AE20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#A9AE20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AE20

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AE20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AE20	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA92E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ae20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 174, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.152 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c56a',
    500: '#a9ae20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ae20;
$custom-light: #c7c56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ae20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.113,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72336,
    "c": 0.15154,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AE20

secondary

#6562C8

accent

#3CEC42

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AE20

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

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