#A0AE49#A0AE49

#A0AE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.127 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0AE49
RGB	rgb(160, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(68, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(68, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 58%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -19.31, 49.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 52.77, 111.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0562 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.127 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8364, 38.2271, 12.0562)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0AE49 #5749AE

analogous

#AE8949 #A0AE49 #6DAE49

triadic

#A0AE49 #49A0AE #AE49A0

tetradic

#A0AE49 #49AE89 #5749AE #AE496D

square

#A0AE49 #49AE89 #5749AE #AE496D

split-complementary

#A0AE49 #496DAE #8949AE

monochromatic

#515825 #788337 #A0AE49 #B8C371 #CDD59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A0AE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#A0AE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0AE49

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0AE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0AE49	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0ae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.127 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec67f',
    500: '#a0ae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0ae49;
$custom-light: #bec67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0ae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.317,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71908,
    "c": 0.12693,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0AE49

secondary

#9891C2

accent

#57D168

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#12130A

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0AE49

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

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