#A4AE2F#A4AE2F

#A4AE2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.145 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AE2F
RGB	rgb(164, 174, 47)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(65, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 73%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -19.31, 59.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 63.01, 107.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.0591 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.145 114)
XYZ	xyz(30.9599, 38.3705, 8.4641)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AE2F #392FAE

analogous

#AE782F #A4AE2F #65AE2F

triadic

#A4AE2F #2FA4AE #AE2FA4

tetradic

#A4AE2F #2FAE78 #392FAE #AE2F65

square

#A4AE2F #2FAE78 #392FAE #AE2F65

split-complementary

#A4AE2F #2F65AE #782FAE

monochromatic

#494E15 #777E22 #A4AE2F #C4CF4C #D4DC7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A4AE2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#A4AE2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AE2F

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AE2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AE2F	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)

#BBA516

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4ae2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 174, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.145 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c671',
    500: '#a4ae2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4ae2f;
$custom-light: #c2c671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4ae2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.724,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72004,
    "c": 0.14529,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.3837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AE2F

secondary

#7B75C4

accent

#47E153

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AE2F

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

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