#A4AE38#A4AE38

#A4AE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.139 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AE38
RGB	rgb(164, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -18.82, 56.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 59.71, 108.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0568 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.139 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1605, 38.4507, 9.5209)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AE38 #4238AE

analogous

#AE7D38 #A4AE38 #69AE38

triadic

#A4AE38 #38A4AE #AE38A4

tetradic

#A4AE38 #38AE7D #4238AE #AE3869

square

#A4AE38 #38AE7D #4238AE #AE3869

split-complementary

#A4AE38 #3869AE #7D38AE

monochromatic

#4D511A #788029 #A4AE38 #C0CA59 #D2D988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A4AE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#A4AE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AE38

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AE38	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4ae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.139 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c675',
    500: '#a4ae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4ae38;
$custom-light: #c2c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4ae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.085,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7207,
    "c": 0.1394,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AE38

secondary

#857FC3

accent

#4DDB59

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AE38

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

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