#A9AE32#A9AE32

#A9AE32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.142 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AE32
RGB	rgb(169, 174, 50)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -17.01, 59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 61.82, 105.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0527 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.142 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0750, 38.9382, 8.8432)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AE32 #3732AE

analogous

#AE7532 #A9AE32 #6BAE32

triadic

#A9AE32 #32A9AE #AE32A9

tetradic

#A9AE32 #32AE75 #3732AE #AE326B

square

#A9AE32 #32AE75 #3732AE #AE326B

split-complementary

#A9AE32 #326BAE #7532AE

monochromatic

#4D4F17 #7B7E24 #A9AE32 #C8CD50 #D7DA80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A9AE32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#A9AE32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AE32

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AE32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AE32	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)

#BBA61C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ae32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 174, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.142 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c672',
    500: '#a9ae32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ae32;
$custom-light: #c6c672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ae32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.419,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72439,
    "c": 0.14208,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AE32

secondary

#7B78C4

accent

#49DF4F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AE32

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

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