#A9AE2A#A9AE2A

#A9AE2A 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	#A9AE2A
RGB	rgb(169, 174, 42)
HSL	hsl(62, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(62, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -17.38, 62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 64.54, 105.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.0544 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.147 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9172, 38.8751, 8.0124)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AE2A #2F2AAE

analogous

#AE712A #A9AE2A #67AE2A

triadic

#A9AE2A #2AA9AE #AE2AA9

tetradic

#A9AE2A #2AAE71 #2F2AAE #AE2A67

square

#A9AE2A #2AAE71 #2F2AAE #AE2A67

split-complementary

#A9AE2A #2A67AE #712AAE

monochromatic

#494B12 #797D1E #A9AE2A #CCD243 #DADE75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A9AE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#A9AE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AE2A

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AE2A	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)

#BCA608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ae2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 174, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.147 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c56e',
    500: '#a9ae2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ae2a;
$custom-light: #c6c56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ae2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.273,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72387,
    "c": 0.14676,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AE2A

secondary

#726FC5

accent

#44E44A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AE2A

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

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