#A4AE2D#A4AE2D

#A4AE2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.146 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AE2D
RGB	rgb(164, 174, 45)
HSL	hsl(65, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(65, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -19.40, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 63.69, 107.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.0595 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.146 114)
XYZ	xyz(30.9205, 38.3547, 8.2565)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AE2D #372DAE

analogous

#AE772D #A4AE2D #63AE2D

triadic

#A4AE2D #2DA4AE #AE2DA4

tetradic

#A4AE2D #2DAE77 #372DAE #AE2D63

square

#A4AE2D #2DAE77 #372DAE #AE2D63

split-complementary

#A4AE2D #2D63AE #772DAE

monochromatic

#484D14 #767D20 #A4AE2D #C5D048 #D5DC79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A4AE2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#A4AE2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AE2D

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AE2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AE2D	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)

#BBA511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4ae2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 174, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.146 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c670',
    500: '#a4ae2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4ae2d;
$custom-light: #c2c670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4ae2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.651,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71991,
    "c": 0.14647,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.38354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AE2D

secondary

#7972C4

accent

#46E252

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AE2D

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

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