#A4AE2A#A4AE2A

#A4AE2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.148 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AE2A
RGB	rgb(164, 174, 42)
HSL	hsl(65, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(65, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -19.54, 61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 64.67, 107.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0602 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.148 114)
XYZ	xyz(30.8647, 38.3324, 7.9630)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AE2A #342AAE

analogous

#AE762A #A4AE2A #62AE2A

triadic

#A4AE2A #2AA4AE #AE2AA4

tetradic

#A4AE2A #2AAE76 #342AAE #AE2A62

square

#A4AE2A #2AAE76 #342AAE #AE2A62

split-complementary

#A4AE2A #2A62AE #762AAE

monochromatic

#474B12 #767D1E #A4AE2A #C7D243 #D6DE75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A4AE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#A4AE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AE2A

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AE2A	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA508

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4ae2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 174, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.148 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c66e',
    500: '#a4ae2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4ae2a;
$custom-light: #c3c66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4ae2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.545,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71973,
    "c": 0.14815,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.38332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AE2A

secondary

#756FC5

accent

#44E450

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AE2A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →