#A9AE26#A9AE26

#A9AE26 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	#A9AE26
RGB	rgb(169, 174, 38)
HSL	hsl(62, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(62, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -17.54, 63.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 65.77, 105.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0552 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.149 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8492, 38.8479, 7.6540)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AE26 #2B26AE

analogous

#AE6F26 #A9AE26 #65AE26

triadic

#A9AE26 #26A9AE #AE26A9

tetradic

#A9AE26 #26AE6F #2B26AE #AE2665

square

#A9AE26 #26AE6F #2B26AE #AE2665

split-complementary

#A9AE26 #2665AE #6F26AE

monochromatic

#474A10 #787C1B #A9AE26 #CFD53D #DBE06F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A9AE26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#A9AE26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AE26

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AE26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AE26	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	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: #a9ae26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 174, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.149 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c56d',
    500: '#a9ae26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ae26;
$custom-light: #c6c56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ae26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.206,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72365,
    "c": 0.14882,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AE26

secondary

#6D6AC6

accent

#41E747

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AE26

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

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