#A4AE28#A4AE28

#A4AE28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.149 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AE28
RGB	rgb(164, 174, 40)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(64, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -19.62, 62.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 65.30, 107.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.0606 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.149 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8298, 38.3184, 7.7792)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AE28 #3228AE

analogous

#AE7528 #A4AE28 #61AE28

triadic

#A4AE28 #28A4AE #AE28A4

tetradic

#A4AE28 #28AE75 #3228AE #AE2861

square

#A4AE28 #28AE75 #3228AE #AE2861

split-complementary

#A4AE28 #2861AE #7528AE

monochromatic

#464A11 #757C1D #A4AE28 #C8D340 #D6DF72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A4AE28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#A4AE28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AE28

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AE28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AE28	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)

#BBA502

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4ae28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 174, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.149 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c66d',
    500: '#a4ae28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4ae28;
$custom-light: #c3c66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4ae28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.478,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71961,
    "c": 0.14922,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AE28

secondary

#736CC6

accent

#42E64E

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AE28

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

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