#A9AE27#A9AE27

#A9AE27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.148 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AE27
RGB	rgb(169, 174, 39)
HSL	hsl(62, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(62, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -17.50, 63.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 65.47, 105.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.055 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.148 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8655, 38.8544, 7.7401)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AE27 #2C27AE

analogous

#AE7027 #A9AE27 #66AE27

triadic

#A9AE27 #27A9AE #AE27A9

tetradic

#A9AE27 #27AE70 #2C27AE #AE2766

square

#A9AE27 #27AE70 #2C27AE #AE2766

split-complementary

#A9AE27 #2766AE #7027AE

monochromatic

#484A11 #787C1C #A9AE27 #CED43E #DBDF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A9AE27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#A9AE27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AE27

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AE27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AE27	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)

#BCA933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ae27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 174, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.148 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c56d',
    500: '#a9ae27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ae27;
$custom-light: #c6c56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ae27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.222,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72371,
    "c": 0.14832,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AE27

secondary

#6E6BC6

accent

#41E647

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AE27

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

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