#A4AE31#A4AE31

#A4AE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.144 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AE31
RGB	rgb(164, 174, 49)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -19.20, 59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 62.31, 107.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0586 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.144 114)
XYZ	xyz(31.0012, 38.3870, 8.6815)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AE31 #3B31AE

analogous

#AE7931 #A4AE31 #65AE31

triadic

#A4AE31 #31A4AE #AE31A4

tetradic

#A4AE31 #31AE79 #3B31AE #AE3165

square

#A4AE31 #31AE79 #3B31AE #AE3165

split-complementary

#A4AE31 #3165AE #7931AE

monochromatic

#4A4E16 #777E24 #A4AE31 #C3CD4F #D3DB7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A4AE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#A4AE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AE31

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AE31	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA51A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4ae31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 174, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.144 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c672',
    500: '#a4ae31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4ae31;
$custom-light: #c2c672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4ae31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.8,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72018,
    "c": 0.14407,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.38386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AE31

secondary

#7D77C4

accent

#48DF55

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AE31

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

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