#A9AE28#A9AE28

#A9AE28 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	#A9AE28
RGB	rgb(169, 174, 40)
HSL	hsl(62, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(62, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -17.46, 62.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 65.17, 105.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0548 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.148 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8823, 38.8611, 7.8285)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AE28 #2D28AE

analogous

#AE7028 #A9AE28 #66AE28

triadic

#A9AE28 #28A9AE #AE28A9

tetradic

#A9AE28 #28AE70 #2D28AE #AE2866

square

#A9AE28 #28AE70 #2D28AE #AE2866

split-complementary

#A9AE28 #2866AE #7028AE

monochromatic

#484A11 #797C1D #A9AE28 #CED340 #DADF72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A9AE28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#A9AE28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AE28

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AE28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AE28	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)

#BCA601

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ae28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 174, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.148 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c56e',
    500: '#a9ae28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ae28;
$custom-light: #c6c56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ae28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.239,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72376,
    "c": 0.14781,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AE28

secondary

#6F6CC6

accent

#42E648

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AE28

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

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