#A9AF4E#A9AF4E

#A9AF4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.121 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AF4E
RGB	rgb(169, 175, 78)
HSL	hsl(64, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 55.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -15.65, 48.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 50.63, 108.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0459 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.121 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0680, 39.6457, 13.1167)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AF4E #544EAF

analogous

#AF844E #A9AF4E #79AF4E

triadic

#A9AF4E #4EA9AF #AF4EA9

tetradic

#A9AF4E #4EAF84 #544EAF #AF4E79

square

#A9AF4E #4EAF84 #544EAF #AF4E79

split-complementary

#A9AF4E #4E79AF #844EAF

monochromatic

#575A28 #80853B #A9AF4E #BEC378 #D2D6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A9AF4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#A9AF4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AF4E

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AF4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AF4E	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9af4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 175, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.121 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c683',
    500: '#a9af4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9af4e;
$custom-light: #c5c683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9af4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.711,
    "s": 38.34,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7292,
    "c": 0.12118,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AF4E

secondary

#9996C3

accent

#5ACE61

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AF4E

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

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