#A9AF23#A9AF23

#A9AF23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.151 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AF23
RGB	rgb(169, 175, 35)
HSL	hsl(63, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(63, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 80%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -18.16, 64.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 67.01, 105.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0572 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.151 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9966, 39.2171, 7.4739)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AF23 #2923AF

analogous

#AF6F23 #A9AF23 #63AF23

triadic

#A9AF23 #23A9AF #AF23A9

tetradic

#A9AF23 #23AF6F #2923AF #AF2363

square

#A9AF23 #23AF6F #2923AF #AF2363

split-complementary

#A9AF23 #2363AF #6F23AF

monochromatic

#46490F #787C19 #A9AF23 #D0D738 #DCE16B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#A9AF23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#A9AF23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AF23

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AF23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AF23	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9af23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 175, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.151 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c66c',
    500: '#a9af23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9af23;
$custom-light: #c6c66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9af23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.571,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72575,
    "c": 0.15125,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AF23

secondary

#6A66C7

accent

#3EEA46

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AF23

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

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