#A9AE25#A9AE25

#A9AE25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.149 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AE25
RGB	rgb(169, 174, 37)
HSL	hsl(62, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(62, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -17.58, 63.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 66.07, 105.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0554 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.149 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8333, 38.8415, 7.5702)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AE25 #2A25AE

analogous

#AE6F25 #A9AE25 #65AE25

triadic

#A9AE25 #25A9AE #AE25A9

tetradic

#A9AE25 #25AE6F #2A25AE #AE2565

square

#A9AE25 #25AE6F #2A25AE #AE2565

split-complementary

#A9AE25 #2565AE #6F25AE

monochromatic

#474910 #787C1A #A9AE25 #D0D53B #DCE06D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A9AE25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#A9AE25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AE25

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AE25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AE25	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)

#BCA932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ae25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 174, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.149 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c56c',
    500: '#a9ae25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ae25;
$custom-light: #c6c56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ae25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.19,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7236,
    "c": 0.1493,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AE25

secondary

#6C68C6

accent

#40E846

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AE25

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

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