#A4AE56#A4AE56

#A4AE56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.113 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AE56
RGB	rgb(164, 174, 86)
HSL	hsl(67, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(67, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 50.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -16.51, 43.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 46.56, 110.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.0472 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.113 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1261, 38.8370, 14.6062)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AE56 #6056AE

analogous

#AE8C56 #A4AE56 #78AE56

triadic

#A4AE56 #56A4AE #AE56A4

tetradic

#A4AE56 #56AE8C #6056AE #AE5678

square

#A4AE56 #56AE8C #6056AE #AE5678

split-complementary

#A4AE56 #5678AE #8C56AE

monochromatic

#585D2D #7E8640 #A4AE56 #BAC27F #D1D6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A4AE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#A4AE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AE56

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AE56	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4ae56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 174, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.113 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c688',
    500: '#a4ae56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4ae56;
$custom-light: #c1c688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4ae56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.818,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72386,
    "c": 0.11335,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AE56

secondary

#A19CC3

accent

#5DCB69

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AE56

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

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