#A9AF2D#A9AF2D

#A9AF2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.146 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AF2D
RGB	rgb(169, 175, 45)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(63, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 74.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -17.76, 61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 63.95, 106.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0552 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.146 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1669, 39.2852, 8.3704)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AF2D #332DAF

analogous

#AF742D #A9AF2D #68AF2D

triadic

#A9AF2D #2DA9AF #AF2DA9

tetradic

#A9AF2D #2DAF74 #332DAF #AF2D68

square

#A9AF2D #2DAF74 #332DAF #AF2D68

split-complementary

#A9AF2D #2D68AF #742DAF

monochromatic

#4B4E14 #7A7E20 #A9AF2D #CAD049 #D8DD7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#A9AF2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#A9AF2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AF2D

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AF2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AF2D	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA711

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9af2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 175, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.146 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c670',
    500: '#a9af2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9af2d;
$custom-light: #c6c670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9af2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.769,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7263,
    "c": 0.14614,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AF2D

secondary

#7773C5

accent

#46E24D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AF2D

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

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