#A9AF35#A9AF35

#A9AF35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.141 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AF35
RGB	rgb(169, 175, 53)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 69.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -17.36, 58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 61.13, 106.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0534 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.141 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3358, 39.3528, 9.2599)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AF35 #3B35AF

analogous

#AF7835 #A9AF35 #6CAF35

triadic

#A9AF35 #35A9AF #AF35A9

tetradic

#A9AF35 #35AF78 #3B35AF #AF356C

square

#A9AF35 #35AF78 #3B35AF #AF356C

split-complementary

#A9AF35 #356CAF #7835AF

monochromatic

#4E5119 #7C8027 #A9AF35 #C6CC56 #D6DA85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#A9AF35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#A9AF35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AF35

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AF35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AF35	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9af35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 175, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.141 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c674',
    500: '#a9af35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9af35;
$custom-light: #c6c674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9af35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.951,
    "s": 53.509,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72684,
    "c": 0.14121,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AF35

secondary

#807CC4

accent

#4BDD52

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AF35

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

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