#A9AE35#A9AE35

#A9AE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.140 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AE35
RGB	rgb(169, 174, 53)
HSL	hsl(62, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(62, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -16.85, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 60.72, 106.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0519 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.14 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1418, 38.9649, 9.1953)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AE35 #3A35AE

analogous

#AE7635 #A9AE35 #6DAE35

triadic

#A9AE35 #35A9AE #AE35A9

tetradic

#A9AE35 #35AE76 #3A35AE #AE356D

square

#A9AE35 #35AE76 #3A35AE #AE356D

split-complementary

#A9AE35 #356DAE #7635AE

monochromatic

#4E5018 #7B7F27 #A9AE35 #C6CB55 #D6DA84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A9AE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#A9AE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AE35

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AE35	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)

#BBA621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ae35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 174, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.140 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c674',
    500: '#a9ae35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ae35;
$custom-light: #c6c674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ae35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.479,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7246,
    "c": 0.14014,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AE35

secondary

#7F7CC3

accent

#4BDD51

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AE35

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

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