#A0AE2E#A0AE2E
#A0AE2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.147 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A0AE2E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(160, 174, 46) |
| HSL | hsl(67, 58%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(67, 74%, 68%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(8%, 0%, 73.6%, 31.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(67.98, -21.07, 59.92) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(67.98, 63.51, 109.37°) |
| OKLab | oklab(71.67% -0.0638 0.1326) |
| OKLCH | oklch(71.67% 0.147 115.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.1272, 37.9434, 8.3210) |
| Luminance | 0.3794 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 2.31
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 2.88
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 2.89
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 3.34
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 3.40
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 3.59
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A0AE2E #3C2EAE
analogous
#AE7C2E #A0AE2E #60AE2E
triadic
#A0AE2E #2EA0AE #AE2EA0
tetradic
#A0AE2E #2EAE7C #3C2EAE #AE2E60
square
#A0AE2E #2EAE7C #3C2EAE #AE2E60
split-complementary
#A0AE2E #2E60AE #7C2EAE
monochromatic
#474D14 #737E21 #A0AE2E #C1CF4A #D1DC7A
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.45
#A0AE2E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.59
#A0AE2E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A0AE2E
8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A0AE2E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A0AE2E | 1.00 | 2.45 | 8.59 | 8.59 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.45 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.59 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.59 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAA514
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B9A739
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AAA495
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a0ae2e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 174, 46); /* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.147 115.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bfc670',
500: '#a0ae2e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a0ae2e; $custom-light: #bfc670; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a0ae2e",
"rgb": {
"r": 160,
"g": 174,
"b": 46
},
"hsl": {
"h": 66.563,
"s": 58.182,
"l": 43.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.71674,
"c": 0.14715,
"h": 115.7
},
"luminance": 0.37943
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A0AE2E
secondary
#7C74C4
accent
#46E157
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F8F8ED
border
#D1D1C8
text
#131308
muted
#82827B