#A4AE23#A4AE23

#A4AE23 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	#A4AE23
RGB	rgb(164, 174, 35)
HSL	hsl(64, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(64, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -19.82, 63.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 66.77, 107.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.0615 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.152 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7502, 38.2866, 7.3600)
Luminance	0.3829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AE23 #2D23AE

analogous

#AE7223 #A4AE23 #5EAE23

triadic

#A4AE23 #23A4AE #AE23A4

tetradic

#A4AE23 #23AE72 #2D23AE #AE235E

square

#A4AE23 #23AE72 #2D23AE #AE235E

split-complementary

#A4AE23 #235EAE #7223AE

monochromatic

#44480F #747B19 #A4AE23 #CBD737 #D9E16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A4AE23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#A4AE23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AE23

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AE23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AE23	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: #a4ae23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 174, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.152 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c66b',
    500: '#a4ae23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4ae23;
$custom-light: #c3c66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4ae23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.317,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71935,
    "c": 0.15166,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AE23

secondary

#6D66C7

accent

#3EE94B

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AE23

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

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