#A2AE38#A2AE38

#A2AE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.140 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2AE38
RGB	rgb(162, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(66, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(66, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, -19.67, 56.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 59.78, 109.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0591 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.14 115)
XYZ	xyz(30.7509, 38.2395, 9.5017)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2AE38 #4438AE

analogous

#AE7F38 #A2AE38 #67AE38

triadic

#A2AE38 #38A2AE #AE38A2

tetradic

#A2AE38 #38AE7F #4438AE #AE3867

square

#A2AE38 #38AE7F #4438AE #AE3867

split-complementary

#A2AE38 #3867AE #7F38AE

monochromatic

#4C511A #778029 #A2AE38 #BECA59 #D0D988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A2AE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#A2AE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A2AE38

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2AE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A2AE38	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)

#BAA527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2ae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.140 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c675',
    500: '#a2ae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2ae38;
$custom-light: #c0c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2ae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.102,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71907,
    "c": 0.13999,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.38239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2AE38

secondary

#867FC3

accent

#4DDB5B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2AE38

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

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