#A4AE33#A4AE33

#A4AE33 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	#A4AE33
RGB	rgb(164, 174, 51)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -19.10, 58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 61.59, 108.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0581 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.143 114)
XYZ	xyz(31.0443, 38.4042, 8.9087)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AE33 #3D33AE

analogous

#AE7B33 #A4AE33 #67AE33

triadic

#A4AE33 #33A4AE #AE33A4

tetradic

#A4AE33 #33AE7B #3D33AE #AE3367

square

#A4AE33 #33AE7B #3D33AE #AE3367

split-complementary

#A4AE33 #3367AE #7B33AE

monochromatic

#4B4F17 #777F25 #A4AE33 #C2CC52 #D3DA81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A4AE33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#A4AE33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AE33

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AE33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AE33	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)

#BBA51E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4ae33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 174, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.143 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c673',
    500: '#a4ae33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4ae33;
$custom-light: #c2c673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4ae33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.878,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72032,
    "c": 0.1428,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.38404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AE33

secondary

#7F79C3

accent

#4ADE56

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AE33

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

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