#A9AE2B#A9AE2B

#A9AE2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.146 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AE2B
RGB	rgb(169, 174, 43)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(62, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -17.34, 61.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 64.22, 105.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.0542 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.146 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9354, 38.8823, 8.1078)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AE2B #302BAE

analogous

#AE712B #A9AE2B #68AE2B

triadic

#A9AE2B #2BA9AE #AE2BA9

tetradic

#A9AE2B #2BAE71 #302BAE #AE2B68

square

#A9AE2B #2BAE71 #302BAE #AE2B68

split-complementary

#A9AE2B #2B68AE #712BAE

monochromatic

#4A4C13 #797D1F #A9AE2B #CCD145 #D9DD76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A9AE2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#A9AE2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AE2B

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AE2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AE2B	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA60B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ae2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 174, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.146 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c56f',
    500: '#a9ae2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ae2b;
$custom-light: #c6c56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ae2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.29,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72393,
    "c": 0.14622,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AE2B

secondary

#7370C5

accent

#44E44A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AE2B

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

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