#A4AE4E#A4AE4E

#A4AE4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.121 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AE4E
RGB	rgb(164, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(66, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(66, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -17.23, 47.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 50.32, 110.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0501 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.121 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8216, 38.7152, 13.0027)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AE4E #584EAE

analogous

#AE884E #A4AE4E #74AE4E

triadic

#A4AE4E #4EA4AE #AE4EA4

tetradic

#A4AE4E #4EAE88 #584EAE #AE4E74

square

#A4AE4E #4EAE88 #584EAE #AE4E74

split-complementary

#A4AE4E #4E74AE #884EAE

monochromatic

#545928 #7C843B #A4AE4E #BAC277 #D0D5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A4AE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#A4AE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AE4E

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AE4E	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4ae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.121 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c683',
    500: '#a4ae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4ae4e;
$custom-light: #c1c683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4ae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.25,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72286,
    "c": 0.1212,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AE4E

secondary

#9A96C2

accent

#5ACE66

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AE4E

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

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