#A9AE31#A9AE31

#A9AE31 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 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AE31
RGB	rgb(169, 174, 49)
HSL	hsl(62, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -17.06, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 62.18, 105.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0529 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.143 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0536, 38.9297, 8.7308)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AE31 #3631AE

analogous

#AE7431 #A9AE31 #6AAE31

triadic

#A9AE31 #31A9AE #AE31A9

tetradic

#A9AE31 #31AE74 #3631AE #AE316A

square

#A9AE31 #31AE74 #3631AE #AE316A

split-complementary

#A9AE31 #316AAE #7431AE

monochromatic

#4C4E16 #7B7E24 #A9AE31 #C8CD4F #D7DB7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A9AE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#A9AE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AE31

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AE31	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA61A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ae31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 174, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.143 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c672',
    500: '#a9ae31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ae31;
$custom-light: #c6c672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ae31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.4,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72432,
    "c": 0.14271,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AE31

secondary

#7A77C4

accent

#48DF4E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AE31

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

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