#A9AE23#A9AE23

#A9AE23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.150 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AE23
RGB	rgb(169, 174, 35)
HSL	hsl(62, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(62, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -17.65, 64.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 66.64, 105.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0558 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.15 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8027, 38.8293, 7.4093)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AE23 #2823AE

analogous

#AE6D23 #A9AE23 #63AE23

triadic

#A9AE23 #23A9AE #AE23A9

tetradic

#A9AE23 #23AE6D #2823AE #AE2363

square

#A9AE23 #23AE6D #2823AE #AE2363

split-complementary

#A9AE23 #2363AE #6D23AE

monochromatic

#46480F #787B19 #A9AE23 #D1D737 #DDE16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A9AE23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#A9AE23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AE23

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AE23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AE23	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ae23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 174, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.150 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c56b',
    500: '#a9ae23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ae23;
$custom-light: #c6c56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ae23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.158,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7235,
    "c": 0.15023,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AE23

secondary

#6966C7

accent

#3EE945

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AE23

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

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