#A9AE29#A9AE29

#A9AE29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.147 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AE29
RGB	rgb(169, 174, 41)
HSL	hsl(62, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(62, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -17.42, 62.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 64.86, 105.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0546 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.147 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8996, 38.8680, 7.9193)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AE29 #2E29AE

analogous

#AE7129 #A9AE29 #66AE29

triadic

#A9AE29 #29A9AE #AE29A9

tetradic

#A9AE29 #29AE71 #2E29AE #AE2966

square

#A9AE29 #29AE71 #2E29AE #AE2966

split-complementary

#A9AE29 #2966AE #7129AE

monochromatic

#494B12 #797C1D #A9AE29 #CDD242 #DADE73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A9AE29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#A9AE29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AE29

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AE29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AE29	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)

#BCA605

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ae29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 174, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.147 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c56e',
    500: '#a9ae29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ae29;
$custom-light: #c6c56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ae29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.256,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72382,
    "c": 0.14729,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AE29

secondary

#716DC5

accent

#43E549

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AE29

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

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