#A4AE32#A4AE32

#A4AE32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.143 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AE32
RGB	rgb(164, 174, 50)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, -19.15, 58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 61.95, 108.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0584 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.143 114)
XYZ	xyz(31.0225, 38.3955, 8.7939)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AE32 #3C32AE

analogous

#AE7A32 #A4AE32 #66AE32

triadic

#A4AE32 #32A4AE #AE32A4

tetradic

#A4AE32 #32AE7A #3C32AE #AE3266

square

#A4AE32 #32AE7A #3C32AE #AE3266

split-complementary

#A4AE32 #3266AE #7A32AE

monochromatic

#4A4F17 #777E24 #A4AE32 #C3CD50 #D3DA80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A4AE32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#A4AE32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AE32

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AE32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AE32	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)

#BBA51C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4ae32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 174, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.143 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c672',
    500: '#a4ae32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4ae32;
$custom-light: #c2c672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4ae32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.839,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72025,
    "c": 0.14343,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.38395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AE32

secondary

#7E78C4

accent

#49DF55

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AE32

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

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