#A9AE2D#A9AE2D

#A9AE2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.145 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AE2D
RGB	rgb(169, 174, 45)
HSL	hsl(62, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(62, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -17.25, 61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 63.56, 105.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0538 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.145 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9730, 38.8974, 8.3058)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AE2D #322DAE

analogous

#AE732D #A9AE2D #68AE2D

triadic

#A9AE2D #2DA9AE #AE2DA9

tetradic

#A9AE2D #2DAE73 #322DAE #AE2D68

square

#A9AE2D #2DAE73 #322DAE #AE2D68

split-complementary

#A9AE2D #2D68AE #732DAE

monochromatic

#4B4D14 #7A7D20 #A9AE2D #CBD048 #D9DC79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A9AE2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#A9AE2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AE2D

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AE2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AE2D	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)

#BCA611

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ae2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 174, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.145 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c570',
    500: '#a9ae2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ae2d;
$custom-light: #c6c570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ae2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.326,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72406,
    "c": 0.1451,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AE2D

secondary

#7672C4

accent

#46E24C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AE2D

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

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