#A4AE3B#A4AE3B

#A4AE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.137 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AE3B
RGB	rgb(164, 174, 59)
HSL	hsl(65, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(65, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -18.63, 55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 58.53, 108.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.056 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.137 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2361, 38.4810, 9.9189)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AE3B #453BAE

analogous

#AE7E3B #A4AE3B #6BAE3B

triadic

#A4AE3B #3BA4AE #AE3BA4

tetradic

#A4AE3B #3BAE7E #453BAE #AE3B6B

square

#A4AE3B #3BAE7E #453BAE #AE3B6B

split-complementary

#A4AE3B #3B6BAE #7E3BAE

monochromatic

#4E531C #79802C #A4AE3B #BFC85E #D1D88C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A4AE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#A4AE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AE3B

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AE3B	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4ae3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 174, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.137 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c677',
    500: '#a4ae3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4ae3b;
$custom-light: #c2c677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4ae3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.217,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72095,
    "c": 0.13723,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AE3B

secondary

#8882C2

accent

#4FD95B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AE3B

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

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