#A4AE27#A4AE27

#A4AE27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.150 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AE27
RGB	rgb(164, 174, 39)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(64, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -19.66, 62.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 65.60, 107.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.0608 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.15 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8131, 38.3117, 7.6908)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AE27 #3127AE

analogous

#AE7427 #A4AE27 #61AE27

triadic

#A4AE27 #27A4AE #AE27A4

tetradic

#A4AE27 #27AE74 #3127AE #AE2761

square

#A4AE27 #27AE74 #3127AE #AE2761

split-complementary

#A4AE27 #2761AE #7427AE

monochromatic

#464A11 #757C1C #A4AE27 #C9D43E #D7DF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A4AE27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#A4AE27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AE27

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AE27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AE27	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	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)

#BBA833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4ae27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 174, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.150 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c66d',
    500: '#a4ae27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4ae27;
$custom-light: #c3c66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4ae27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.444,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71956,
    "c": 0.14972,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AE27

secondary

#726BC6

accent

#41E64E

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AE27

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

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