#A9AE2F#A9AE2F

#A9AE2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.144 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AE2F
RGB	rgb(169, 174, 47)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(62, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 73%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -17.16, 60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 62.88, 105.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0534 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.144 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0124, 38.9132, 8.5134)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AE2F #342FAE

analogous

#AE732F #A9AE2F #69AE2F

triadic

#A9AE2F #2FA9AE #AE2FA9

tetradic

#A9AE2F #2FAE73 #342FAE #AE2F69

square

#A9AE2F #2FAE73 #342FAE #AE2F69

split-complementary

#A9AE2F #2F69AE #732FAE

monochromatic

#4B4E15 #7A7E22 #A9AE2F #C9CF4C #D8DC7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A9AE2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#A9AE2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AE2F

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AE2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AE2F	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)

#BCA616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ae2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 174, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.144 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c571',
    500: '#a9ae2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ae2f;
$custom-light: #c6c571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ae2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.362,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72418,
    "c": 0.14393,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AE2F

secondary

#7875C4

accent

#47E14D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AE2F

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

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