#A9AF36#A9AF36

#A9AF36 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	#A9AF36
RGB	rgb(169, 175, 54)
HSL	hsl(63, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 69.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -17.30, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 60.75, 106.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0531 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.141 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3590, 39.3621, 9.3823)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AF36 #3C36AF

analogous

#AF7836 #A9AF36 #6DAF36

triadic

#A9AF36 #36A9AF #AF36A9

tetradic

#A9AF36 #36AF78 #3C36AF #AF366D

square

#A9AF36 #36AF78 #3C36AF #AF366D

split-complementary

#A9AF36 #366DAF #7836AF

monochromatic

#4F5119 #7C8028 #A9AF36 #C5CB57 #D5DA86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#A9AF36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#A9AF36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AF36

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AF36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AF36	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)

#BCA723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9af36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 175, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.141 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c675',
    500: '#a9af36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9af36;
$custom-light: #c6c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9af36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.975,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72692,
    "c": 0.14054,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AF36

secondary

#817DC3

accent

#4CDC53

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AF36

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

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