#A9AE2E#A9AE2E

#A9AE2E 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	#A9AE2E
RGB	rgb(169, 174, 46)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(62, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -17.20, 60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 63.22, 105.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0536 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.145 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9924, 38.9052, 8.4084)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AE2E #332EAE

analogous

#AE732E #A9AE2E #69AE2E

triadic

#A9AE2E #2EA9AE #AE2EA9

tetradic

#A9AE2E #2EAE73 #332EAE #AE2E69

square

#A9AE2E #2EAE73 #332EAE #AE2E69

split-complementary

#A9AE2E #2E69AE #732EAE

monochromatic

#4B4D14 #7A7E21 #A9AE2E #CACF4A #D8DC7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A9AE2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#A9AE2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AE2E

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AE2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AE2E	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)

#BCA614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ae2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 174, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.145 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c570',
    500: '#a9ae2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ae2e;
$custom-light: #c6c570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ae2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.344,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72412,
    "c": 0.14451,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AE2E

secondary

#7774C4

accent

#46E14C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AE2E

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

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