#A9AE21#A9AE21

#A9AE21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.151 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AE21
RGB	rgb(169, 174, 33)
HSL	hsl(62, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(62, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -17.72, 64.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 67.18, 105.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0561 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.151 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7739, 38.8178, 7.2574)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AE21 #2621AE

analogous

#AE6D21 #A9AE21 #62AE21

triadic

#A9AE21 #21A9AE #AE21A9

tetradic

#A9AE21 #21AE6D #2621AE #AE2162

square

#A9AE21 #21AE6D #2621AE #AE2162

split-complementary

#A9AE21 #2162AE #6D21AE

monochromatic

#45470D #777B17 #A9AE21 #D3D834 #DEE267

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A9AE21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#A9AE21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AE21

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AE21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AE21	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)

#BDA92F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ae21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 174, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.151 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c56b',
    500: '#a9ae21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ae21;
$custom-light: #c6c56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ae21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.128,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72341,
    "c": 0.15112,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AE21

secondary

#6763C8

accent

#3DEB43

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AE21

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

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