#A9AE2C#A9AE2C

#A9AE2C 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	#A9AE2C
RGB	rgb(169, 174, 44)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(62, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -17.29, 61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 63.89, 105.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.054 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.146 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9539, 38.8898, 8.2056)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AE2C #312CAE

analogous

#AE722C #A9AE2C #68AE2C

triadic

#A9AE2C #2CA9AE #AE2CA9

tetradic

#A9AE2C #2CAE72 #312CAE #AE2C68

square

#A9AE2C #2CAE72 #312CAE #AE2C68

split-complementary

#A9AE2C #2C68AE #722CAE

monochromatic

#4A4C13 #7A7D20 #A9AE2C #CBD047 #D9DD78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A9AE2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#A9AE2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AE2C

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AE2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AE2C	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)

#BCA60F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ae2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 174, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.146 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c56f',
    500: '#a9ae2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ae2c;
$custom-light: #c6c56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ae2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.308,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72399,
    "c": 0.14566,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AE2C

secondary

#7471C5

accent

#45E34B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AE2C

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

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