#A9AF28#A9AF28

#A9AF28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.149 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AF28
RGB	rgb(169, 175, 40)
HSL	hsl(63, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(63, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 77.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -17.97, 63.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 65.55, 105.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0562 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.149 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0762, 39.2490, 7.8932)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AF28 #2E28AF

analogous

#AF7228 #A9AF28 #65AF28

triadic

#A9AF28 #28A9AF #AF28A9

tetradic

#A9AF28 #28AF72 #2E28AF #AF2865

square

#A9AF28 #28AF72 #2E28AF #AF2865

split-complementary

#A9AF28 #2865AF #7228AF

monochromatic

#494B11 #797D1D #A9AF28 #CDD441 #DADF73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#A9AF28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#A9AF28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AF28

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AF28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AF28	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)

#BDA701

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9af28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 175, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.149 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c66e',
    500: '#a9af28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9af28;
$custom-light: #c6c66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9af28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.667,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72601,
    "c": 0.14885,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AF28

secondary

#716DC6

accent

#42E649

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AF28

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

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