#A4AE35#A4AE35

#A4AE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.141 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AE35
RGB	rgb(164, 174, 53)
HSL	hsl(65, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -18.99, 57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 60.85, 108.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.0576 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.141 114)
XYZ	xyz(31.0894, 38.4223, 9.1460)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AE35 #3F35AE

analogous

#AE7C35 #A4AE35 #67AE35

triadic

#A4AE35 #35A4AE #AE35A4

tetradic

#A4AE35 #35AE7C #3F35AE #AE3567

square

#A4AE35 #35AE7C #3F35AE #AE3567

split-complementary

#A4AE35 #3567AE #7C35AE

monochromatic

#4C5018 #787F27 #A4AE35 #C1CB55 #D2DA84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A4AE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#A4AE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AE35

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AE35	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)

#BBA622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4ae35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 174, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.141 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c674',
    500: '#a4ae35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4ae35;
$custom-light: #c2c674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4ae35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.959,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72046,
    "c": 0.14147,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.38422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AE35

secondary

#827CC3

accent

#4BDD57

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AE35

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

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