#A4AE55#A4AE55

#A4AE55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.114 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AE55
RGB	rgb(164, 174, 85)
HSL	hsl(67, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(67, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 51.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -16.60, 44.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 47.04, 110.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.0476 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.114 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0861, 38.8209, 14.3955)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AE55 #5F55AE

analogous

#AE8B55 #A4AE55 #77AE55

triadic

#A4AE55 #55A4AE #AE55A4

tetradic

#A4AE55 #55AE8B #5F55AE #AE5577

square

#A4AE55 #55AE8B #5F55AE #AE5577

split-complementary

#A4AE55 #5577AE #8B55AE

monochromatic

#575D2C #7E8640 #A4AE55 #BAC27E #D0D5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A4AE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#A4AE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AE55

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AE55	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4ae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.114 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c687',
    500: '#a4ae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4ae55;
$custom-light: #c1c687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4ae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.742,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72373,
    "c": 0.11437,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AE55

secondary

#A09CC3

accent

#5CCB69

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AE55

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

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