#A4AE66#A4AE66

#A4AE66 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.096 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AE66
RGB	rgb(164, 174, 102)
HSL	hsl(68, 31%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(68, 41%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 41.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -14.83, 35.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 38.68, 112.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0411 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.096 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8444, 39.1243, 18.3893)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AE66 #7066AE

analogous

#AE9466 #A4AE66 #80AE66

triadic

#A4AE66 #66A4AE #AE66A4

tetradic

#A4AE66 #66AE94 #7066AE #AE6680

square

#A4AE66 #66AE94 #7066AE #AE6680

split-complementary

#A4AE66 #6680AE #9466AE

monochromatic

#5E6435 #838C4A #A4AE66 #BCC38E #D4D8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#A4AE66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#A4AE66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AE66

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AE66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AE66	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4ae66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 174, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.096 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c693',
    500: '#a4ae66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4ae66;
$custom-light: #c0c693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4ae66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.333,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7262,
    "c": 0.09604,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AE66

secondary

#ADA9C7

accent

#61C76F

background

#FBFCF9

surface

#F7F8F1

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130D

muted

#81827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AE66

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

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