#A4AE22#A4AE22

#A4AE22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.152 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AE22
RGB	rgb(164, 174, 34)
HSL	hsl(64, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(64, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -19.86, 64.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 67.04, 107.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0617 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.152 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7356, 38.2808, 7.2829)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AE22 #2C22AE

analogous

#AE7222 #A4AE22 #5EAE22

triadic

#A4AE22 #22A4AE #AE22A4

tetradic

#A4AE22 #22AE72 #2C22AE #AE225E

square

#A4AE22 #22AE72 #2C22AE #AE225E

split-complementary

#A4AE22 #225EAE #7222AE

monochromatic

#43480E #747B18 #A4AE22 #CCD836 #D9E269

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A4AE22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#A4AE22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AE22

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AE22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AE22	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4ae22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 174, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.152 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c66b',
    500: '#a4ae22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4ae22;
$custom-light: #c3c66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4ae22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7193,
    "c": 0.1521,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AE22

secondary

#6B64C7

accent

#3EEA4A

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AE22

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

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