#A9AE4E#A9AE4E

#A9AE4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.120 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AE4E
RGB	rgb(169, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(63, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -15.14, 47.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 50.17, 107.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0445 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.12 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8741, 39.2579, 13.0520)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AE4E #534EAE

analogous

#AE834E #A9AE4E #79AE4E

triadic

#A9AE4E #4EA9AE #AE4EA9

tetradic

#A9AE4E #4EAE83 #534EAE #AE4E79

square

#A9AE4E #4EAE83 #534EAE #AE4E79

split-complementary

#A9AE4E #4E79AE #834EAE

monochromatic

#575928 #80843B #A9AE4E #BEC277 #D2D5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#A9AE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#A9AE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AE4E

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AE4E	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.120 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c683',
    500: '#a9ae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ae4e;
$custom-light: #c5c683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.125,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72698,
    "c": 0.12,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AE4E

secondary

#9896C2

accent

#5ACE60

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AE4E

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

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