#A4AE2B#A4AE2B

#A4AE2B 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	#A4AE2B
RGB	rgb(164, 174, 43)
HSL	hsl(65, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(65, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -19.49, 61.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 64.35, 107.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.06 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.148 114)
XYZ	xyz(30.8829, 38.3397, 8.0585)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AE2B #352BAE

analogous

#AE762B #A4AE2B #63AE2B

triadic

#A4AE2B #2BA4AE #AE2BA4

tetradic

#A4AE2B #2BAE76 #352BAE #AE2B63

square

#A4AE2B #2BAE76 #352BAE #AE2B63

split-complementary

#A4AE2B #2B63AE #762BAE

monochromatic

#474C13 #767D1F #A4AE2B #C6D145 #D5DD76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A4AE2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#A4AE2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AE2B

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AE2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AE2B	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)

#BBA50C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4ae2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 174, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.148 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c66f',
    500: '#a4ae2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4ae2b;
$custom-light: #c2c66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4ae2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.58,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71979,
    "c": 0.14761,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.38339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AE2B

secondary

#7670C5

accent

#44E450

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AE2B

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

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