#A4AE2E#A4AE2E

#A4AE2E 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	#A4AE2E
RGB	rgb(164, 174, 46)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(65, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -19.35, 60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 63.35, 107.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.0593 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.146 114)
XYZ	xyz(30.9399, 38.3625, 8.3591)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AE2E #382EAE

analogous

#AE782E #A4AE2E #64AE2E

triadic

#A4AE2E #2EA4AE #AE2EA4

tetradic

#A4AE2E #2EAE78 #382EAE #AE2E64

square

#A4AE2E #2EAE78 #382EAE #AE2E64

split-complementary

#A4AE2E #2E64AE #782EAE

monochromatic

#494D14 #767E21 #A4AE2E #C5CF4A #D4DC7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A4AE2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#A4AE2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AE2E

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AE2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AE2E	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)

#BBA514

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4ae2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 174, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.146 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c670',
    500: '#a4ae2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4ae2e;
$custom-light: #c2c670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4ae2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.688,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71997,
    "c": 0.14589,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.38362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AE2E

secondary

#7A74C4

accent

#46E153

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AE2E

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

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