#A9AE45#A9AE45

#A9AE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.128 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AE45
RGB	rgb(169, 174, 69)
HSL	hsl(63, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -15.84, 51.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 54.21, 106.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0474 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.128 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5733, 39.1375, 11.4675)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AE45 #4A45AE

analogous

#AE7E45 #A9AE45 #75AE45

triadic

#A9AE45 #45A9AE #AE45A9

tetradic

#A9AE45 #45AE7E #4A45AE #AE4575

square

#A9AE45 #45AE7E #4A45AE #AE4575

split-complementary

#A9AE45 #4575AE #7E45AE

monochromatic

#545622 #7E8234 #A9AE45 #C0C56C #D3D697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#A9AE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#A9AE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AE45

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AE45	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ae45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 174, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.128 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c67d',
    500: '#a9ae45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ae45;
$custom-light: #c5c67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ae45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.857,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.726,
    "c": 0.12803,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AE45

secondary

#8F8DC2

accent

#55D35B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AE45

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

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