#A0AE38#A0AE38

#A0AE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.141 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0AE38
RGB	rgb(160, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(67, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(67, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -20.52, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 59.88, 110.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0614 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.141 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3478, 38.0317, 9.4828)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0AE38 #4638AE

analogous

#AE8138 #A0AE38 #65AE38

triadic

#A0AE38 #38A0AE #AE38A0

tetradic

#A0AE38 #38AE81 #4638AE #AE3865

square

#A0AE38 #38AE81 #4638AE #AE3865

split-complementary

#A0AE38 #3865AE #8138AE

monochromatic

#4B511A #758029 #A0AE38 #BCCA59 #CFD988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A0AE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#A0AE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0AE38

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0AE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0AE38	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0ae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.141 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc675',
    500: '#a0ae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0ae38;
$custom-light: #bfc675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0ae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.119,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71747,
    "c": 0.14061,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0AE38

secondary

#877FC3

accent

#4DDB5E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0AE38

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

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