#A9AE30#A9AE30

#A9AE30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.143 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AE30
RGB	rgb(169, 174, 48)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -17.11, 60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 62.53, 105.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0531 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.143 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0328, 38.9213, 8.6209)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AE30 #3530AE

analogous

#AE7430 #A9AE30 #6AAE30

triadic

#A9AE30 #30A9AE #AE30A9

tetradic

#A9AE30 #30AE74 #3530AE #AE306A

square

#A9AE30 #30AE74 #3530AE #AE306A

split-complementary

#A9AE30 #306AAE #7430AE

monochromatic

#4C4E16 #7A7E23 #A9AE30 #C9CE4D #D7DB7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A9AE30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#A9AE30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AE30

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AE30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AE30	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)

#BBA618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ae30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 174, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.143 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c571',
    500: '#a9ae30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ae30;
$custom-light: #c6c571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ae30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.381,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72425,
    "c": 0.14333,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AE30

secondary

#7976C4

accent

#48E04E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AE30

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

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